D defs.my
Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Explicate

/ĕk'-splək-ātˌ/ · Ex·pli·cate · IPA /ˈek.splɪˌkæɪt/
01 a. Evolved; unfolded.
  1. 1.
    Evolved; unfolded.
02 v. t. To unfold; to expand; to lay open.
imp. & p. p. Explicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Explicating
  1. 1.
    To unfold; to expand; to lay open.[Obs.]
  2. 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.