elucidate

  • 11elucidate — verb Elucidate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑nature, ↑role …

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  • 12elucidate — verb Sherwood s diaries may help elucidate his motives Syn: explain, make clear, illuminate, throw/shed light on, clarify, clear up, sort out, unravel, spell out; interpret, explicate; gloss See note at clarify Ant: con …

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  • 14elucidate — elucidation, n. elucidative, adj. elucidator, n. /i looh si dayt /, v., elucidated, elucidating. v.t. 1. to make lucid or clear; throw light upon; explain: an explanation that elucidated his recent strange behavior. v.i. 2. to provide… …

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  • 15elucidate — verb /əˈluː.sɪ.deɪt/ To make clear; to clarify; to shed light upon. The business, however, though not perfectly elucidated by this speech, soon ceased to be a puzzle. Syn: explicate, illuminate See Also: lucid, lucidity …

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  • 16elucidate — Synonyms and related words: account for, allegorize, annotate, clarify, clear, clear up, crack, decipher, demonstrate, demythologize, enlighten, euhemerize, exemplify, explain, explain away, explicate, exposit, expound, get across, get over, give …

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  • 17elucidate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. clarify, illuminate, illustrate; explain, interpret. See interpretation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. explain, interpret, illustrate, clarify; see explain . See Synonym Study at explain . III (Roget s 3 …

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  • 18elucidate — e|lu|ci|date [ıˈlu:sıdeıt] v [I and T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Late Latin; Origin: elucidatus, past participle of elucidare to make clear ] formal to explain something that is difficult to understand by providing more information ▪ The full picture… …

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  • 19elucidate — e|lu|ci|date [ ı lusı,deıt ] verb intransitive or transitive FORMAL to make something easier to understand by giving more information: CLARIFY …

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  • 20elucidate — e·lu·ci·date || ɪ luːsɪdeɪt v. explain, clarify …

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