Verb: explicate 'ek-spli,keyt
- Make plain and comprehensible
"He explicated the laws of physics to his students";
- explain
- Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
"Could you explicate the ideas in your thesis";
- formulate, develop
Derived forms: explicated, explicates, explicating
Type of: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise [Brit], hypothesize, inform, speculate, suppose, theorise [Brit], theorize
Encyclopedia: Explicate