'Elucidate' definitions:
Definition of 'elucidate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death" [syn: clarify, clear up, elucidate] [ant: obfuscate]
verb
Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault" [syn: clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate]
Definition of 'Elucidate'
From: GCIDE
- Elucidate \E*lu"ci*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elucidated; p. pr. & vb. n. Elucidating.] [LL. elucidatus, p. p. of elucidare; e + lucidus full of light, clear. See Lucid.] To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'elucidate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account for,
- allegorize,
- annotate,
- clarify,
- clear,
- clear up,
- crack,
- decipher,
- demonstrate,
- demythologize,
- enlighten,
- euhemerize,
- exemplify,
- explain,
- explain away,
- explicate,
- exposit,
- expound,
- get across,
- get over,
- give reason for,
- give the meaning,
- illuminate,
- illustrate,
- make clear,
- make it clear,
- make plain,
- popularize,
- prove,
- put across,
- put over,
- rationalize,
- shed light upon,
- show,
- show how,
- show the way,
- simplify,
- solve,
- spell out,
- throw light upon,
- unfold,
- unlock,
- unravel,
- vulgarize