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


  Explain \Ex*plain"\, v. i.
     To give an explanation.
     [1913 Webster]

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


  Explain \Ex*plain"\ ([e^]ks*pl[=a]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Explained([e^]ks*pl[=a]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Explaining.]
     [L. explandare to flatten, spread out, explain; ex out +
     plandare to make level or plain, planus plain: cf. OF.
     esplaner, explaner. See Plain,a., and cf. Esplanade.]
     1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its
              leaf.                                 --Evelyn.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of
        obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the
        meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Commentators to explain the difficult passages to
              you.                                  --Gay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To explain away, to get rid of by explanation. ``Those
        explain the meaning quite away.'' --Pope.
  
     Syn: To expound; interpret; elucidate; clear up.
          [1913 Webster]

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


  Explain \Ex*plain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Explained; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Explaining.] [L. explandare to flatten, spread out,
     explain; ex out+plandare to make level or plain, planus
     plain: cf. OF. esplaner, explaner. See Plain,a., and cf.
     Esplanade.]
     1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. [Obs.]
  
              The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its
              leaf.                                 --Evelyn.
  
     2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of
        obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the
        meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible.
  
              Commentators to explain the difficult passages to
              you.                                  --Gay.
  
     To explain away, to get rid of by explanation. ``Those
        explain the meaning quite away.'' --Pope.
  
     Syn: To expound; interpret; elucidate; clear up.

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


  Explain \Ex*plain"\, v. i.
     To give an explanation.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  explain
       v 1: make palin and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of
            physics to his students" [syn: explicate]
       2: define; "The committe explained their plan for fund-raising
          to the Dean"
       3: serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need
          to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work";
          "Her recent divorce amy explain her reluctance to date
          again" [syn: excuse]

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


  explain
     Αγγλικά vb.
     εξηγώ

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


  explain
     vb.
     To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to
  illustrate the meaning of.

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


  explain
     vb.
     To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to
  illustrate the meaning of.

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


  explain
     vb.
     To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to
  illustrate the meaning of.

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


  explain
     vb.
     To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to
  illustrate the meaning of.

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


  explain
     Englanti vb.
     selittää, selitellä

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


  explain
     Engelska vb.
     1 förklara; ge en beskrivning till
     2 förklara; motivera

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  explain /ɛksplˈeɪn/
  1. verduidelik
  2. verklaar

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


  Explain /ɛksplˈeɪn/
  وضّح

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  explain //ɛkˈspleɪn// //ɪkˈspleɪn// 
  1. давам обяснения
  excuse
  2. обясня́вам
  report