explicate

Verb

WordNet 3.0

make plain and comprehensible“He explained the laws of physics to his students”Synonyms: explain
elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses“Could you develop the ideas in your thesis”Synonyms: formulate develop

Explicate \Ex"pli*cate\, a. [L. explicatus, p. p. of explicare.] Evolved; unfolded. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

Explicate \Ex"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Explicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Explicating.]

1.To unfold; to expand; to lay open. [Obs.] "They explicate the leaves." --Blackmore. [1913 Webster]

2.To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret. [1913 Webster]

The last verse of his last satire is not yet sufficiently explicated.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]