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explicate |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Explicate \Ex"pli*cate\, a. [L. explicatus p. p. of explicare.] Evolved; unfolded. --Jer. Taylor. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Explicate \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: explicate v 1: give an explanation for [syn: {explain}] 2: elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis" [syn: {formulate}, {develop}]
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