What does "explicate" mean?
Explicate: To unfold; to expand; to lay open. [Obs.] "They explicate the leaves." Blackmore.
Additional senses
- 2.To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret. The last verse of his last satire is not yet sufficiently explicated. Dryden.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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