'Explicate' definitions:
Definition of 'explicate'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Explicate'
From: GCIDE
- Explicate \Ex"pli*cate\, a. [L. explicatus, p. p. of explicare.] Evolved; unfolded. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Explicate'
From: GCIDE
- Explicate \Ex"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Explicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Explicating.]
- 1. To unfold; to expand; to lay open. [Obs.] "They explicate the leaves." --Blackmore. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret. [1913 Webster]
- The last verse of his last satire is not yet sufficiently explicated. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'explicate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account for,
- allegorize,
- amplify,
- clarify,
- clear up,
- construe,
- crack,
- decipher,
- demonstrate,
- demythologize,
- descant,
- detail,
- develop,
- dilate,
- elaborate,
- elucidate,
- enlarge,
- enlarge upon,
- enlighten,
- euhemerize,
- evolve,
- exemplify,
- expand,
- expatiate,
- explain,
- explain away,
- exposit,
- expound,
- get across,
- get over,
- give reason for,
- give the meaning,
- illuminate,
- illustrate,
- interpret,
- make clear,
- make it clear,
- make plain,
- particularize,
- popularize,
- put across,
- put over,
- rationalize,
- rehearse in extenso,
- relate at large,
- shed light upon,
- show,
- show how,
- show the way,
- simplify,
- solve,
- spell out,
- throw light upon,
- unfold,
- unlock,
- unravel,
- vulgarize,
- work out