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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