Elucidating

adj, verb

adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of elucidate form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Serving to make something comprehensible or well understood; enlightening.

    "He wrote in a letter to his morther and sister that it is "very elucidating” for “an anonymous company commander to travel abroad in the higher brackets and observe the machinations which shape his destiny.”"

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"He wrote in a letter to his morther and sister that it is "very elucidating” for “an anonymous company commander to travel abroad in the higher brackets and observe the machinations which shape his destiny.”"

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