GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Explicate , a. [L. explicatus, p. p. of explicare.] Evolved; unfolded.
   Jer. Taylor.
   
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   Explicate , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Explicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Explicating.]
    To unfold; to expand; to lay open. [Obs.] “They explicate the leaves.”
   Blackmore.
   
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   To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret.
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   The last verse of his last satire is not yet sufficiently explicated.
   Dryden.
   
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