Associations to the word «Explicate»

Wiktionary

EXPLICATE, verb. (transitive) To explain meticulously or in great detail; to elucidate; to analyze.
EXPLICATE, adjective. (obsolete) Evolved; unfolded.

Dictionary definition

EXPLICATE, verb. Make plain and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students".
EXPLICATE, verb. Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats