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explication

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ex⋅pli⋅ca⋅tion

  [ek-spli-key-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of explicating.
2. an explanation; interpretation: He gave a brilliant explication of James Joyce's book.
Origin:
1520–30; < MF < L explicātiōn- (s. of explicātiō). See explicate, -ion
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ex·pli·cate   (ěk'splĭ-kāt')   
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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