ELUCIDATE

clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate

(verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; “Could you clarify these remarks?”; “Clear up the question of who is at fault”

clarify, clear up, elucidate

(verb) make clear and (more) comprehensible; “clarify the mystery surrounding her death”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

elucidate (third-person singular simple present elucidates, present participle elucidating, simple past and past participle elucidated)

(transitive) To make clear; to clarify; to shed light upon.

Synonyms: explicate, illuminate

Source: Wiktionary


E*lu"ci*date, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elucidated; p. pr. & vb. n. Elucidating.] Etym: [LL. elucidatus, p. p. of elucidare; e + lucidus full of light, clear. See Lucid.]

Definition: To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 May 2025

BEATIFY

(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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