Explicate
/ˈɛk.splɪˌkeɪt/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To explain meticulously or in great detail. transitive
"My homework is to explicate a poem."
- 2 elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses wordnet
- 3 make plain and comprehensible wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Evolved; unfolded. obsolete
Example
More examples"It took the length of a novella to fully explicate the theory in Toki Pona."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin explicāre (“unfold, explain”).