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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Explicate \Ex"pli*cate\, a. [L. explicatus, p. p. of explicare.]
     Evolved; unfolded. --Jer. Taylor.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Explicate \Ex"pli*cate\, a. [L. explicatus, p. p. of explicare.]
     Evolved; unfolded. --Jer. Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.
  
     2. To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of
        difficulties or obscurity; to interpret.
  
              The last verse of his last satire is not yet
              sufficiently explicated.              --Dryden.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  explicate
       v 1: make palin and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of
            physics to his students" [syn: explain]
       2: elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop
          the ideas in your thesis" [syn: formulate, develop]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  explicate
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 εξηγώ, ερμηνεύω
     2 αναλύω, αναπτύσσω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  explicate
     Latin adv.
     clearly, plainly
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la explicō  2 p pres actv impr)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: explicar)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  explicate
     a.
     (lb en obsolete) Evolved; unfolded.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To explain meticulously or in great detail#Noun.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  explicate
     Latin adv.
     clearly, plainly
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la explicō  2 p pres actv impr)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: explicar)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  explicate
     Latin adv.
     clearly, plainly
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la explicō  2 p pres actv impr)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: explicar)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  explicate
     Englanti vb.
     selittää

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  explicate
     Engelska vb.
     explicera, förklara utförligt

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Explicate /ˈɛksplɪkˌeɪt/
  وضّح

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  explicate /ˈɛksplɪkˌeɪt/ 
  vysvětlit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  explicate /ˈɛksplɪkˌeɪt/
  vyložit

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]


  explicate //ˈɛkspləˌkeɪt// //ˈɛksplɪˌkeɪt// 
  selittää
  explain meticulously

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]


  explicate /ˈɛksplɪkˌeɪt/
  razjasniti

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]


  explicate /ˈɛksplɪkˌeɪt/ 
  explicar

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]


  explicate //ˈɛkspləˌkeɪt// //ˈɛksplɪˌkeɪt// 
  explicera
  explain meticulously

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]


  explicate /ˈɛksplɪkˌeɪt/
  1. yorumlamak, tefsir etmek
  2. açıklamak, izah etmek, anlatmak. explic'able  anlatılabilir
  3. anlaşılabilir. explication  açıklama, izah, izahat
  4. ayrıntılı tasvir. explicative. explicatory  açıkalayıcı, izah edici
  5. tahlili.

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ˈɛkspɫəˌkeɪt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "explicate":
     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

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  v. 详细说明,解释,说明;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     vt. 详细说明,解释,说明,引伸

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