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/ˈɛkspləkˌeɪt/ Listen

verb

Explicate v. t. (past & past part. explicated; pres. part. explicating)

To unfold; to expand; to lay open. (Obs.) "They explicate the leaves."

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."

adjective

Explicate adj. Evolved; unfolded.

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Etymology of 'Explicate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Explicate" Quotes from Famous Books

... the French and English languages. By the reward here offered, Alonzo was convinced that the miniature belonged to some person who set a value upon it. Determined to explicate the mystery, he proceeded immediately to the place, found the room mentioned in the bill, and knocked at the door. A servant appeared, of whom Alonzo enquired for the lodger. The servant answered him in French, which Alonzo did not understand: he replied in his own language, but found it was unintelligible ...

— Alonzo and Melissa - The Unfeeling Father • Daniel Jackson, Jr.

... when doing so throws over it the musical glamour of verse and arouses the heat of sympathy and passion. Although, since it makes use of words, poetry should always have a meaning, it need not have the definiteness of meaning of logical thought; it may suggest rather than explicate; its music is compatible with vagueness. But vagueness is not obscurity; the poet should always make us feel that we understand him; he should not seek to mystify us, or keep us guessing at his meaning. Yet, since the poet operates with words and not with ...

— The Principles Of Aesthetics • Dewitt H. Parker