explicate

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin explicare, "to unfold" or "to explain".

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to explicate (third-person singular simple present explicates, present participle explicating, simple past and past participle explicated)

1. (transitive) To explain meticulously or in great detail; to elucidate; to analyze.

   My homework is to explicate a poem.

2. to develop a principle, theory, etc.

[edit] Related terms

• explication
• explicative
• explicator
• explicit

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