explicate
verb (used with object)
to make plain or clear; explain; interpret.
explicating
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present participleof explicate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Meslow does an excellent job explicating the ensuing tensions between ABC and the showrunners, which would ensure that the program was always a deeply flawed translation of its creators’ vision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Pinchin spends several pages explicating their personal animus, which ostensibly stems from an arcane debate over the location of bluefin spawning grounds but seems really to be about how scientists should position themselves vis-a-vis industry.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2023
But to physicists bent on explicating those fundamental laws, black holes are a Coney Island of mysteries and imagination.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
“I think all the body cameras are going to be key in explicating exactly what was said and what was done.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 13, 2020
Mendeleeff gave the discovery fullest expression, explicating it in 1869, under the title of "the periodic law."
From A History of Science — Volume 4 by Henry Smith Williams
