Explicate Definition

[v] elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
[v] make palin and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students"

Synonyms

develop, explain, formulate

See Also...

account for, clarify, clear up, comment, conjecture, elucidate, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, inform, interpret, mature, naturalize, redevelop, reformulate, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize

Related Terms

account for, allegorize, amplify, clarify, clear up, construe, crack, decipher, demonstrate, demythologize, descant, detail, develop, dilate, elaborate, elucidate, enlarge, enlarge upon, enlighten, euhemerize, evolve, exemplify, expand, expatiate, explain

Misc. Definitions

\Ex"pli*cate\, a. [L. explicatus, p. p. of explicare.] Evolved; unfolded. --Jer. Taylor.
\Ex"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Explicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Explicating}.]
1. To unfold; to expand; to lay open. [Obs.] ``They explicate the leaves.'' --Blackmore.
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.