Ex·pli·cate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Explicated p. pr. & vb. n. Explicating ]
1. To unfold; to expand; to lay open. [Obs.] “They explicate the leaves.”
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.
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