explicate
pronunciation
How to pronounce explicate in British English:
UK [ˈeksplɪkeɪt]
How to pronounce explicate in American English:
US [ˈɛksplɪˌket]
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- Verb:
- make palin and comprehensible
- elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
Word Origin
- explicate (v.)
- "give a detailed account of," 1530s, from Latin explicatus, past participle of explicare "unfold, unravel, explain" (see explicit). Related: Explicated; explicating.
Example
- 1. Maybe a wee bit of complementary words would explicate the details .
- 2. Purpose is to explicate and understand .
- 3. Popular books that attempt to explicate einstein 's theories .
- 4. Thus , to explicate is to carry forward a bodily felt process .
- 5. Indeed , I went to visit professor hargadon to ask him to explicate it .