Explicate
Pronunciation : Ex"pli*cate
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. explicatus, p.p. of explicare.]
Definition : Defn: Evolved; unfolded. Jer. Taylor.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Ex"pli*cate
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Explicated(); p. pr. & vb. n. Explicating().]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913