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explicating Definition


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explicate
verb explicated, explicating
    1. To explain (especially a literary work) in depth, with close analysis of particular points.
      Thesaurus: clarify, elucidate, explain, expound.
    2. To unfold or develop (an idea or theory, etc).
Derivative: explication
noun
    Etymology: 17c: from Latin explicare, explicatum to fold out.



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