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Definition of Elucidate
1. Verb. Make clear and (more) comprehensible. "Clarify the mystery surrounding her death"
Specialized synonyms: Demystify, Clear, Clear Up, Crystalise, Crystalize, Crystallise, Crystallize, Enlighten, Illuminate, Shed Light On, Sort Out, Straighten Out, Dilate, Elaborate, Enlarge, Expand, Expatiate, Exposit, Expound, Flesh Out, Lucubrate, Disambiguate
Generic synonyms: Explain, Explicate
Derivative terms: Clarification, Elucidation, Elucidation, Elucidative, Lucidity
Antonyms: Obfuscate
2. Verb. Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear. "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
Generic synonyms: Clarify, Clear Up
Derivative terms: Elucidation, Elucidation, Elucidative, Lucidity, Lucidity, Illumination
Definition of Elucidate
1. v. t. To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.
Definition of Elucidate
1. Verb. To make clear; to clarify; to shed light upon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Elucidate
1. [v -DATED, -DATING, -DATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elucidate
Literary usage of Elucidate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1860)
"Does not this elucidate the gold-collecting ants of Herodotus, and rescue a fact
from ... The gentlemen of the Muswell Hill Apiary may perhaps elucidate. ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"... in his possession which in the referee's opinion tend to elucidate the account«
or books, or bear on questions at issue. [Ed. Note. ..."
3. The Complete Poetical Works of James Thomson by James Thomson, James Logie Robertson (1908)
"A CHRONOLOGY TO elucidate AND ILLUSTRATE THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THOMSON 1666.
Birth of Thomas Thomson, the poet's father. 1674. Death of Milton. 1683. ..."
4. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1846)
"Contributions to Vital Statistics, especially designed to elucidate the Rate of
Mortality, the Laics of Sickness, and the Influences of Trade and Locality ..."
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