transitive verb
-·cat·ed, -·cat·ing to make clear or explicit (something obscure or implied); explain fully
Origin of explicate
from Classical Latin explicatus, past participle of explicare, to unfold from ex-, out + plicare, to fold: see flax
verb
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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transitive verb
ex·pli·cat·ed, ex·pli·cat·ing, ex·pli·catesTo make clear the meaning of; explain. See Synonyms at explain.
Origin of explicate
Latin explicāre explicāt- to unfold, explain ex- ex- plicāre to fold ; see plek- in Indo-European roots.Related Forms:
- ex′pli·ca′tion
noun
- ex′pli·ca′tor
noun
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present explicates, present participle explicating, simple past and past participle explicated)
- To explain meticulously or in great detail; to elucidate; to analyze.
- My homework is to explicate a poem.
Adjective
(comparative more explicate, superlative most explicate)
- (obsolete) Evolved; unfolded.
Origin
From Latin explicāre, present active infinitive of explicō (“unfold", "to explain”).
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Sentence Examples
- There are some areas of life that rationalism cannot explicate.
- In 1674, at the age of eighty-six, he published his Principia et problemata aliquot geometrica, ante desperata nunc breviter explicate et demonstrate (L.