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

analyze, develop, elucidate, explain, explicitate, formulate

Scrabble Score: 20

explicate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 23

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