verb
- past tense of explicate; explained or analyzed in detail
Usage: formal; academic
Examples
- The professor explicated the complex theory for her students.
- He explicated each line of the poem during the literature class.
- The researcher explicated the methodology in great detail.
- She explicated the historical context of the document.
- The critic explicated the symbolism in the novel.
- The teacher explicated the mathematical proof step by step.