Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - elucidate
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Elucidate
elucidate
verb (-dated; -dating) Etymology: Late Latin elucidatus, past participle of elucidare, from Latin e- + lucidus lucid Date: circa 1568 transitive verb to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis ~ a text intransitive verb to give a clarifying explanation Synonyms: see explain • elucidation noun • elucidative adjective • elucidator noun
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1.
v.tr. throw light on; explain. Derivatives elucidation n. elucidative adj. elucidator n. elucidatory adj. Etymology: LL elucidare (as E-, LUCID) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. проливать свет; пояснять, разъяснять an explanation that elucidated his strange behaviour —- объяснение, сделавшее его странное поведение понятным to elucidate a text —- толковать текст ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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4.
(elucidates, elucidating, elucidated) If you elucidate something, you make it clear and easy to understand. (FORMAL) Haig went on to elucidate his personal principle of war... There was no need for him to elucidate. = clarify VERB: V n, V • elucidation ...Gerald’s attempts at elucidation. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ v formal to explain something that is difficult to understand very clearly, by providing more information (His theory is further elucidated in a series of articles published between 1976 and 1980.) - elucidation n elucidatory adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 1568, from L.L. elucidatus, pp. of elucidare "make clear," from ex- "out, away" + lucidus "clear" (see lucid). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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