explicate

Verb

make plain and comprehensible
elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
To explain meticulously or in great detail.

Adj

Evolved; unfolded.

Examples

My homework is to explicate a poem.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin explicāre (“unfold, explain”).

Synonyms

develop, explain, formulate, analyze, elucidate, explicitate

Scrabble Score: 20

explicate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
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explicate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 23

explicate: valid Words With Friends Word