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third-person singular simple present elucidates, present participle elucidating, simple past and past participle elucidated
(transitive) To make clear; to clarify; to shed light upon. quotations examples
The business, however, though not perfectly elucidated by this speech, soon ceased to be a puzzle.
1803 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter XIII, in Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818)
[P]hysicians at the annual meeting of the American Academy of General Practice were fascinated by a 3-ft. model showing the brain's components in 20 layers of translucent plastic, and wired for colored lights to elucidate some of its workings.
1960 April 4, “Medicine: Unmasking the Brain”, in Time
Another appendix elucidates the S.E.C.R. headcode system.
1961 July, “New reading on railways: The Locomotives of the South Eastern & Chatham Railway, by D. L. Bradley”, in Trains Illustrated, page vii
The new Sopranos volume has 17 essays that examine the television show and elucidate concepts from classical philosophers, including Aristotle, Machiavelli, Nietzsche, Sun Tzu and Plato.
2004 April 13, David Bernstein, “Philosophy Hitches a Ride With ‘The Sopranos’”, in New York Times, retrieved 19 Aug. 2009