Hypertext Webster Gateway: "explicate"
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) 1.7 (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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