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ex·pli·cate
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Audio Help [ek-spli-keyt] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object), -cat·ed, -cat·ing.
| 1. | to make plain or clear; explain; interpret. |
| 2. | to develop (a principle, theory, etc.). |
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Explicate
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tr.v. ex·pli·cat·ed, ex·pli·cat·ing, ex·pli·cates To make clear the meaning of; explain. See Synonyms at explain. [Latin explicāre, explicāt-, to unfold, explain : ex-, ex- + plicāre, to fold; see plek- in Indo-European roots.] ex'pli·ca'tion n., ex'pli·ca'tor n. |
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explicate
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| explicate | |
verb | |
| 1. | make plain and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students" [syn: explain] |
| 2. | elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis" |
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Explicate
Ex"pli*cate\, a. [L. explicatus, p. p. of explicare.] Evolved; unfolded. --Jer. Taylor.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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