To explicate something means to explain it and make it clear. We shall have to explicate its basic assumptions before we can assess its implications. The jury listened to his impassioned explication of article 306.
How do you use the word explicate?
Explicate in a Sentence ?
- It took the chemist a long time to explicate the chemical process to the group of financial investors.
- If the auditor finds an error in the accounting records, the treasurer will need to explicate the mistake.
What do you mean by explicate?
transitive verb. 1 : to give a detailed explanation of. 2 : to develop the implications of : analyze logically.