Definition of "explicate" verb third-person singular simple present explicates , present participle explicating , simple past and past participle explicated
(transitive) To explain meticulously or in great detail . quotations examples
Quotations It is an act of grace and higheſt honour that we duſt and aſhes are admitted to ſpeak to the Eternal God , to run to him as to a Father , to lay open our wants , to complain of our burdens , to explicate our ſcruples , to beg remedy & eaſe , ſupport and counſel , health and ſafety , deliverance & ſalvation : […]
1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “Of Christian Religion”, in The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], section VII (Of Prayer), page 284
adjective comparative more explicate , superlative most explicate