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Explicate

//ˈɛk.splɪˌkeɪt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Evolved; unfolded. obsolete
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

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin explicāre (“unfold, explain”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin explicāre (“unfold, explain”).

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