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Verb: explicate  'ek-splu`keyt
  1. Make plain and comprehensible
    "He explicated the laws of physics to his students"
    - explain
     
  2. Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
    "Could you explicate the ideas in your thesis"
    - formulate, develop

Derived forms: explicated, explicates, explicating

See also: explication

Type of: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise [Brit], hypothesize, inform, speculate, suppose, theorise [Brit], theorize

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