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explicate

verb
/ˈɛk.splɪˌkeɪt/UK/ˈɛk.spləˌkeɪt/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from explicō — “unfold, explain”

Definitions

  1. To explain meticulously or in great detail.

    • My homework is to explicate a poem.
    • Alternatively, there is the possibility of an extended narration composed of events that are not (wholly) explicated but are, nevertheless, possible and may even have taken place.

  2. Evolved

    Evolved; unfolded.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA