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Webster 1913 Edition

Elucidate

E-lu′ci-date

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Elucidated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Elucidating
.]
[LL.
elucidatus
, p. p. of
elucidare
;
e
+
lucidus
full of light, clear. See
Lucid
.]
To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate;
as, an example will
elucidate
the subject
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Elucidate

ELU'CIDATE

, v.t [Low L. elucido, from eluceo,luceo, to shine, or from lucidus, clear, bright. See Light.]
To make clear or manifest; to explain; to remove obscurity from, and render intelligible; to illustrate. An example will elucidate the subject. An argument may elucidate an obscure question. A fact related by one historian may elucidate an obscure passage in another's writings.

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