Elucidate
91Conformity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Conformity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 1 =>{opp,83,} conformity conformance Sgm: N 1 observance observance Sgm: N 1 habituation habituation GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 naturalization naturalization Sgm …
92Intelligibility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Intelligibility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 intelligibility intelligibility Sgm: N 1 clearness clearness explicitness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 lucidity lucidity comprehensibility perspicuity Sgm: N 1 legibility legibi …
93elucidation — 1560s, noun of action from ELUCIDATE (Cf. elucidate) …
94explain — [ek splān′, iksplān′] vt. [ME explanen < L explanare, to flatten < ex , out + planare, to make level < planus, level (see PLANE2): sp. infl. by PLAIN1] 1. to make clear, plain, or understandable 2. to give the meaning or interpretation… …
95elucidation — noun 1. an act of explaining that serves to clear up and cast light on • Derivationally related forms: ↑elucidate • Hypernyms: ↑explanation 2. an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding the professor s clarification helped her to… …
96lucidity — noun 1. free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑clarity, ↑lucidness, ↑pellucidity, ↑clearness, ↑limpidity • Ant: ↑unclearness …
97Dilucidate — Di*lu ci*date, v. t. [L. dilucidatus, p. p. of dilucidare.] To elucidate. [Obs.] Boyle. [1913 Webster] …
98Elucidative — E*lu ci*da tive, a. Making clear; tending to elucidate; as, an elucidative note. [1913 Webster] …
99Elucidatory — E*lu ci*da*to*ry, a. Tending to elucidate; elucidative. [R.] [1913 Webster] …
100Explain — Ex*plain ([e^]ks*pl[=a]n ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Explained}([e^]ks*pl[=a]nd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Explaining}.] [L. explandare to flatten, spread out, explain; ex out + plandare to make level or plain, planus plain: cf. OF. esplaner, explaner. See… …
