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explicative

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ex⋅pli⋅ca⋅tive

  [ek-spli-key-tiv, ik-splik-uh-tiv]
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–adjective
explanatory; interpretive.
Also, ex⋅pli⋅ca⋅to⋅ry  [ek-spli-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, ik-splik-uh-] .

Origin:
1620–30; < L explicātīvus. See explicate, -ive

Related forms:
ex⋅pli⋅ca⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
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ex·pli·ca·tive   (ěk'splĭ-kā'tĭv, ĭk-splĭk'ə-tĭv)   
adj.  Serving to explain; explanatory.
ex'pli·ca'tive n., ex'pli·ca'tive·ly adv.
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