Explicate \Ex"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Explicated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Explicating}.]
1. To unfold; to expand; to lay open. [Obs.] "They explicate
the leaves." --Blackmore.
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2. 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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