Elucidate

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  • intransitive verb. To make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify. synonym: explain.
  • intransitive verb. To explain or clarify something.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make clear or manifest; throw light upon; explain; render intelligible; illustrate: as, an experiment may elucidate a theory.
  • Synonyms Expound, etc. (see explain); to unfold, clear up.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To make clear; to clarify; to shed light upon.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
  • verb. make clear and (more) comprehensible
    • Word Usage
    "Initially, I used the word elucidate above, as in elucidating mysteries."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    confuse  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    clarify  clear up  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    account for  allegorize  annotate  clarify  clarify  
    verb-form
    elucidated  elucidates  elucidating  
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