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Verb: elucidate  i'loo-si,deyt
  1. Make clear and (more) comprehensible
    "elucidate the mystery surrounding her death";
    - clarify, clear up
     
  2. Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
    - clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise [Brit], crystalize, crystalise [Brit], straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate

Derived forms: elucidated, elucidates, elucidating

Type of: explain, explicate

Antonym: obfuscate

Encyclopedia: Elucidate

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