Meaning of EXPLICATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'eksplu`keyt
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- [v] elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
- [v] make palin and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students"
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| | Synonyms: | | develop, explain, formulate |
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| | See Also: | | account for, clarify, clear up, comment, conjecture, elucidate, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, inform, interpret, mature, naturalize, redevelop, reformulate, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ex"pli*cate\, a. [L. explicatus, p. p. of explicare.]
Evolved; unfolded. --Jer. Taylor.
\Ex"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Explicated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Explicating}.]
1. To unfold; to expand; to lay open. [Obs.] ``They explicate
the leaves.'' --Blackmore.
2. To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of
difficulties or obscurity; to interpret.
The last verse of his last satire is not yet
sufficiently explicated. --Dryden.
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