Explicate Definition

ĕksplĭ-kāt

explicated, explicates, explicating

verb

explicated, explicates, explicating

To make clear or explicit (something obscure or implied); explain fully.

Webster's New World

Explicate is defined as to analyze something to discover its meaning, or to develop something in further detail.

Analyzing a book to discover its meaning is an example of a time when you explicate.

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adjective

(obsolete) Evolved; unfolded.

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Origin of Explicate

Latin explicāre explicāt- to unfold, explain ex- ex- plicāre to fold plek- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin explicāre, present active infinitive of explicō (“unfold", "to explain”).

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