explicate, formulate, develop
(verb) elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; “Could you develop the ideas in your thesis”
explain, explicate
(verb) make plain and comprehensible; “He explained the laws of physics to his students”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
explicate (third-person singular simple present explicates, present participle explicating, simple past and past participle explicated)
(transitive) To explain meticulously or in great detail; to elucidate; to analyze.
explicate (comparative more explicate, superlative most explicate)
(obsolete) Evolved; unfolded.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex"pli*cate, a. Etym: [L. explicatus, p.p. of explicare.]
Definition: Evolved; unfolded. Jer. Taylor.
Ex"pli*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Explicated(); p. pr. & vb. n. Explicating().]
1. To unfold; to expand; to lay open. [Obs.] "They explicate the leaves." Blackmore.
2. To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret. The last verse of his last satire is not yet sufficiently explicated. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 January 2025
(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
