Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify.
- v. To give an explanation that serves to clarify. See Synonyms at explain.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To make clear or manifest; throw light upon; explain; render intelligible; illustrate: as, an experiment may elucidate a theory.
- Synonyms Expound, etc. (see explain); to unfold, clear up.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate.
WordNet 3.0
- v. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- v. make clear and (more) comprehensible
Etymologies
- Late Latin ēlūcidāre, ēlūcidāt- : Latin ē-, ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + Latin lūcidus, bright (from lūcēre, to shine; see leuk- in Indo-European roots).
Examples
“Initially, I used the word elucidate above, as in elucidating mysteries.”
“It comes from lux, light – to elucidate is to throw light on.”
“ I'll sell more books, and have the opportunity to "elucidate" more people!”
“One wonders if Amanda knows what the word "elucidate" means.”
“Next morning, in a hired car, she had Castanado and Mme. Dubroca, Beloiseau and Mme. Alexandre, not merely show but, as the ironworker said, pinching forefinger and thumb together in the air, "elucidate" to her, for hours, the _vieux carré_.”
“Vying for the award is limited to those who understand what "elucidate" means.”
“(to 'elucidate' means to explain in greater detail)”
“And while there are brilliant lines scattered through these pieces Kael was always a fine, needling polemicist, it would probably take acres of footnotes to elucidate exactly what they were all arguing about.”
“As Mehlmann recalls: "children whose stories taught me about a side of teaching … that says more than university courses are required to elucidate.”
“However he did not elucidate on what action had been taken.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘elucidate’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4084 more...
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Words
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Words build meanings from origins( etymology )
These come from gamma meditation ,I think.
discursive, exogenous, machinations, purportedly, sumptuous, congruity, cantankerous, incongruous, festoon, hessian, ratiocinative, stratigraphic and 837 more...
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September/October 2011
excogitate, extrapolate, infer, imply, theorize, hypothesize, propose, propound, explicate, elucidate, prognostication, construe and 3 more...
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SAT words
tergiversate, cymotrichous, vigilance, wince, consternation, cower, neutralize, euphony, cacophony, misanthrope, bibliophile, kleptomania and 81 more...
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It's a date!
date, date palm, dating, save the date, it's a date, radiocarbon dating, uranium-thorium d..., rubidium-strontiu..., date night, date of birth, dateline, double date and 66 more...
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On speaking terms
Verbs describing speech. We are all tired of He said, She said. Here are some alternative verbs.
stated, declare, state, assert, affirm, air, articulate, deliver, describe, clarify, elucidate, enunciate and 19 more...
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