EXPLICATING

Verb

explicating

present participle of explicate

Source: Wiktionary


EXPLICATE

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



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27 December 2024

OBLIGATE

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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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