| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ex·pli·cate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   k spl -k t |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: ex·pli·cat·ed, ex·pli·cat·ing, ex·pli·cates
To make clear the meaning of; explain. See synonyms at explain. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin explicre, explict-, to unfold, explain : ex-, ex- + plicre, to fold; see plek- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | expli·cation —NOUN
expli·cator —NOUN
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