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word elucidate
definition To clarify by explaining; explain.
eg_sentence A good doctor should always be willing to elucidate any medical jargon he or she uses.
explanation The basic meaning of elucidate is “to shed light on.” So when you elucidate, you make transparent or clear something that had been murky or confusing. Elucidation of a complex new health-care policy may be a challenge. Elucidation of the terms of use for a credit card may be the last thing its provider wants to do. The physicist Carl Sagan had a gift for elucidating astronomical science to a large audience, his lucid explanations making clear how stars are born and die and how the universe may have begun.
IPA ɪˈlusəˌdeɪt

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