Explicate

['eksplɪkeɪt] or ['ɛksplɪket]

Definition

(verb.) elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; 'Could you develop the ideas in your thesis'.

Typist: Marietta--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Evolved; unfolded.

(v. t.) To unfold; to expand; to lay open.

(v. t.) To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret.

Editor: Lois

Definition

v.t. to unfold develop: to lay open or explain the meaning of.—adj. Ex′plicable capable of being explicated or explained.—n. Explicā′tion act of explicating or explaining: explanation.—adjs. Ex′plicātive Ex′plicātory serving to explicate or explain.

Checker: Seymour