elucidate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

From Late Latin elucidare (perfect stem elucidat-).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /əˈluː.sɪ.deɪt/, SAMPA: /@"lu:.sI.deIt/

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[edit] Verb

to elucidate (third-person singular simple present elucidates, present participle elucidating, simple past and past participle elucidated)

1. To make clear; to clarify; to shed light upon.
   • 1817, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, ch. 13:

     The business, however, though not perfectly elucidated by this speech, soon ceased to be a puzzle.

   • 1960, "Medicine: Unmasking the Brain," Time, 4 April:

     [P]hysicians at the annual meeting of the American Academy of General Practice were fascinated by a 3-ft. model showing the brain's components in 20 layers of translucent plastic, and wired for colored lights to elucidate some of its workings.

   • 2004, David Bernstein, “Philosophy Hitches a Ride With ‘The Sopranos’,” New York Times, 13 April (retrieved 19 Aug. 2009):

     The new Sopranos volume has 17 essays that examine the television show and elucidate concepts from classical philosophers, including Aristotle, Machiavelli, Nietzsche, Sun Tzu and Plato.

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) To disambiguate.

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• explicate, illuminate

[edit] Derived terms

• elucidation
• elucidative
• elucidator

[edit] Related terms

• lucid
• lucidity

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