Explicate is defined as to analyze something to discover its meaning, or to develop something in further detail.
(verb)Analyzing a book to discover its meaning is an example of a time when you explicate.
See explicate in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb explicated, explicating
Origin: < L explicatus, pp. of explicare, to unfold < ex-, out + plicare, to fold: see flax
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See explicate in American Heritage Dictionary 4
transitive verb ex·pli·cat·ed, ex·pli·cat·ing, ex·pli·cates
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Origin: Latin explicāre, explicāt-, to unfold, explain
Origin: : ex-, ex-
Origin: + plicāre, to fold; see plek- in Indo-European roots
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