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e·lu·ci·date

Audio Help [i-loo-si-deyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -dat·ed, -dat·ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to make lucid or clear; throw light upon; explain: an explanation that elucidated his recent strange behavior.

–verb (used without object)

2.	to provide clarification; explain.

[Origin: 1560–70; < LL élūcidātus (ptp. of élūcidāre) enlightened, equiv. to é- e- + lūcid(us) lucid + -ātus -ate¹

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—Related forms

e·lu·ci·da·tion, noun

e·lu·ci·da·tive, adjective

e·lu·ci·da·tor, noun

—Synonyms clarify. See explain.

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e·lu·ci·date Audio Help   (ĭ-lōō'sĭ-dāt') Pronunciation Key
v.   e·lu·ci·dat·ed, e·lu·ci·dat·ing, e·lu·ci·dates

v.   tr.
To make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify.

v.   intr.
To give an explanation that serves to clarify. See Synonyms at explain.

[Late Latin ēlūcidāre, ēlūcidāt- : Latin ē-, ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + Latin lūcidus, bright (from lūcēre, to shine; see leuk- in Indo-European roots).]

e·lu'ci·da'tion n., e·lu'ci·da'tive adj., e·lu'ci·da'tor n.

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elucidation
noun
1.	an act of explaining that serves to clear up and cast light on
2.	an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding; "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook" [syn: clarification]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Elucidation

E*lu`ci*da"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]lucidation.] A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration; as, one example may serve for further elucidation of the subject.

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