Elucidate \E*lu"ci*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elucidated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Elucidating.] [LL. elucidatus, p. p. of
elucidare; e + lucidus full of light, clear. See Lucid.]
To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to
illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
elucidate
v 1: make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery
surrounding her death" [syn: clarify, clear up]
[ant: obfuscate]
2: make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could
you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who
is at fault" [syn: clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize,
crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten
out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate]
WordNet (r) 2.0
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "elucidate":
account for, allegorize, annotate, clarify, clear, clear up, crack,
decipher, demonstrate, demythologize, enlighten, euhemerize,
exemplify, explain, explain away, explicate, exposit, expound,
get across, get over, give reason for, give the meaning,
illuminate, illustrate, make clear, make it clear, make plain,
popularize, prove, put across, put over, rationalize,
shed light upon, show, show how, show the way, simplify, solve,
spell out, throw light upon, unfold, unlock, unravel, vulgarize
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
clarify, clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out
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