explicate

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin explicāre (“unfold, explain”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛk.splɪˌkeɪt/ (General American, weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈɛk.spləˌkeɪt/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈek.splɪˌkæɪt/ Hyphenation: ex‧pli‧cate === Verb === explicate (third-person singular simple present explicates, present participle explicating, simple past and past participle explicated) (transitive) To explain meticulously or in great detail. Synonyms: analyze, elucidate, explicitate ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === explicate (comparative more explicate, superlative most explicate) (obsolete) Evolved; unfolded. === References === === Further reading === “explicate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “explicate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “explicate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Latin == === Adverb === explicātē (not comparable) clearly, plainly === Verb === explicāte second-person plural present active imperative of explicō === Further reading === “explicate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “explicate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “explicate”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co. == Spanish == === Verb === explicate second-person singular voseo imperative of explicar combined with te