Meaning of ELUCIDATE
| Pronunciation: | | i'loosi`deyt
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- [v] make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
- [v] make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"
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| | Synonyms: | | clarify, clear, clear up, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
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| | Antonyms: | | obfuscate | | |
| | See Also: | | clarify, clear, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, demystify, dilate, disambiguate, elaborate, elucidate, elucidate, enlarge, enlighten, expand, expatiate, explain, explicate, exposit, expound, flesh out, illuminate, lucubrate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \E*lu"ci*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Elucidated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Elucidating}.] [LL. elucidatus, p. p. of
elucidare; e + lucidus full of light, clear. See {Lucid}.]
To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to
illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.
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| | Related Terms: | | account for, allegorize, annotate, clarify, clear, clear up, crack, decipher, demonstrate, demythologize, enlighten, euhemerize, exemplify, explain, explain away, explicate, exposit, expound, get across, get over, give reason for, give the meaning, illuminate, illustrate, make clear, make it clear, make plain, popularize, prove, put across, put over, rationalize, shed light upon, show, show how, show the way, simplify, solve, spell out, throw light upon, unfold, unlock, unravel, vulgarize |
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