explicate

/ɛksplɪkˈe‍ɪt/

/ˈɛkspɫəˌkeɪt/

[verb]

to explicate

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

to analyze or interpret something in detail, especially to make the meaning or intention clearer

synonyms : explain

to develop and expand ideas, concepts, and frameworks through logical deduction

synonyms : develop

formulate

Examples

1. So the common good is not only a model of the social doctrine of the church, but the social doctrine of the church, I think has, explicated it in a, in a very good way.

2. Because this lecture is introductory, I'm not going to spend a great deal of time explicating the more difficult moments in his argument.

3. Well, there is a sentence for you and, as I say, I don't have time to explicate it

4. One type of footnote is when writers or translators use foreign terms in the main text and then explicate this term in the language into which the text is translated at the bottom of the page.

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