Explicate, a.
Etymology: [L. explicatus, p.p. of explicare.]
Evolved; unfolded. Jer. Taylor.
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Explicate, 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.
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.
Shades of meaning
Fernald lists explicate only as an antonym, under involve.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.
Synonyms
none given