explicate

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈɛksplɪˌkeɪt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈɛkspləˌkeɪt/

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• Hyphenation: ex‧pli‧cate

Verb

Plain form explicate

Third-person singular explicates

Past tense explicated

Past participle explicated

Present participle explicating

1. (transitive) If you explicate something, you analyze it in detail.

   My homework is to explicate a poem.