Found 2 items, similar to Explicate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: explicate explicate v 1: make palin and comprehensible; “He explained the laws of physics to his students” [syn: explain] 2: elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; “Could you develop the ideas in your thesis” [syn: formulate, develop]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Explicate Explicate \Ex"pli*cate\, a. [L. explicatus, p. p. of explicare.] Evolved; unfolded. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Explicate \Ex"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Explicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Explicating.] 1. To unfold; to expand; to lay open. [Obs.] “They explicate the leaves.” --Blackmore. [1913 Webster] 2. To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret. [1913 Webster] The last verse of his last satire is not yet sufficiently explicated. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]