explicate

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explicate  /ˈɛksplə ˌkeɪt/ ? Meaning of "explicate"

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Definition(s):

  1. (v) make plain and comprehensible
  2. (v) elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

Synonym(s)

formulate, explain

Usage(s):

  1. One could get cute and explicate the movie as an anticorporate parable.
  2. For years, the earnest little film magazines have been trying to explicate Kong's appeal.
  3. But Sharma saves his best material to explicate why he does what he does.
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