explicate
verb (used with object)
to make plain or clear; explain; interpret.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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Here, church dogma has explicated what was implicit in revelation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various