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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify.
  2. v. To give an explanation that serves to clarify. See Synonyms at explain.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To make clear or manifest; throw light upon; explain; render intelligible; illustrate: as, an experiment may elucidate a theory.
  2. Synonyms Expound, etc. (see explain); to unfold, clear up.

Wiktionary

  1. v. To make clear; to clarify; to shed light upon.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
  2. v. make clear and (more) comprehensible

Etymologies

  1. From Late Latin elucidatus, past participle of elucidō ("clarify"), from Latin ex- and lucidus ("clear") (Wiktionary)
  2. Late Latin ēlūcidāre, ēlūcidāt- : Latin ē-, ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + Latin lūcidus, bright (from lūcēre, to shine; see leuk- in Indo-European roots). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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