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explicate

verb

ex·​pli·​cate ˈek-splə-ˌkāt How to pronounce explicate (audio)
explicated; explicating

transitive verb

1
: to give a detailed explanation of
2
: to develop the implications of : analyze logically
explication noun
explicator noun
Choose the Right Synonym for explicate

explain, expound, explicate, elucidate, interpret mean to make something clear or understandable.

explain implies a making plain or intelligible what is not immediately obvious or entirely known.

explain the rules

expound implies a careful often elaborate explanation.

expounding a scientific theory

explicate adds the idea of a developed or detailed analysis.

explicate a poem

elucidate stresses the throwing of light upon as by offering details or motives previously unclear or only implicit.

elucidate an obscure passage

interpret adds to explain the need for imagination or sympathy or special knowledge in dealing with something.

interpreting a work of art

Example Sentences

an essay explicating a theory the physicist did his best to explicate the wave theory of light for the audience of laymen
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Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Latin explicātus, past participle of explicō, explicāre "to free from folds or creases, unroll, disentangle, spread out, set out in words, give an account of," from ex- ex- entry 1 + plicāre "to fold, bend" — more at ply entry 3

First Known Use

1531, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of explicate was in 1531

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