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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Explicate \Ex"pli*cate\, a. [L. explicatus, p. p. of explicare.]
   Evolved; unfolded. --Jer. Taylor.

Explicate \Ex"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Explicated}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Explicating}.]
   1. To unfold; to expand; to lay open. [Obs.] ``They explicate
      the leaves.'' --Blackmore.

   2. To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of
      difficulties or obscurity; to interpret.

            The last verse of his last satire is not yet
            sufficiently explicated.              --Dryden.

資料來源 : WordNet®

explicate
     v 1: make palin and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of
          physics to his students" [syn: {explain}]
     2: elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop
        the ideas in your thesis" [syn: {formulate}, {develop}]