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1. Make clear and (more) comprehensible
   "elucidate the mystery surrounding her death"
   - clarify, clear up
    
2. Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
   - clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise [Brit], crystalize, crystalise [Brit], straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate

Derived forms: elucidates, elucidating, elucidated

See also: elucidation, elucidative, lucidity

Type of: explain, explicate

Encyclopedia: Elucidate