adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To explain meticulously or in great detail. transitive

   "My homework is to explicate a poem."

2. 2
   elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses wordnet
3. 3
   make plain and comprehensible wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Evolved; unfolded. obsolete

Synonyms

All synonyms

explainaccount forallegorizeamplifyanalyzeclarify

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”).

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