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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ex·pli·cate (-cat·ed ; -cat·ing) ETYMOLOGY Latin explicatus, past participle of explicare,literally, to unfold, from ex- + plicare to fold — more at ply DATE 1531 1. to give a detailed explanation of 2. to develop the implications of : analyze logically Synonyms: see explain English Etymology explicate 1531, from L. explicatus, pp. of explicare "unfold, unravel, explain" (see explicit). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 explicate ex·pli·cate / 5eksplikeit / verb[VN] (formal) to explain an idea or a work of literature in a lot of detail 详细解释,详细分析(想法或文学作品) • ex·pli·ca·tion / 7ekspli5keiFn / noun [C, U] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition v. Function: verb Synonyms: EXPLAIN 1, construe, expound, interpret, spell out Related Words: amplify, develop, dilate, enlarge (upon), expand, expatiate; demonstrate Idioms: dot the i's (and cross the t's) Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged ex·pli·cate I. \ˈekspləˌkāt\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Latin explicatus, past participle of explicare, literally, to unfold, from ex- ex- (I) + plicare to fold — more at ply 1. a. : to give a detailed account of : expound , disclose < an unfairness … which this would not be quite the proper place for explicating — Charles Lamb > b. : to unfold the meaning or sense of : interpret , clarify < trying to explicate not vocabulary or techniques but the experience out of which these works were written — Perry Miller > 2. obsolete : to lay open : unfold , expand < the rose of Jericho will … explicate its flowers — Sir Thomas Browne > 3. obsolete : disentangle , extricate < no way to explicate the Kingdom out of those intricacies — Edward Hyde > 4. : to develop what is involved or implied in (as a statement or notion) : analyze logically < this principle has been explicated into three general axioms — Francis Bowen > II. adjective Etymology: Latin explicatus, past participle of explicare obsolete : explicated |
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