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Webster 1913 Edition
Explicate
Ex′pli-cate
,Adj.
[L.
explicatus
, p. p. of explicare
.] Evolved; unfolded.
Jer. Taylor.
Ex′pli-cate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Explicated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Explicating
.] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Explicate
EX'PLICATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To unfold; to expand; to open. 'They explicate the leaves.' [In this sense, the word is not common, and hardly admissible.]2.
To unfold the meaning or sense; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret.The last verse of his last satyr is not yet sufficiently explicated.