Word of the Day: EXPLICATE

Make it crystal clear

explicate (verb) - to explain, interpret, or make clear; to analyze or explore the implications of something [ek-spli-keyt]

BREAKDOWN: EX- (out) + PLIC- (plait, fold) + -ATE (to do)

• explication is the act or state of explaining or interpreting

• explicative means interpretive or explanatory

“A definition is nothing else but an explication of the meaning of a word, by words whose meaning is already known. Hence it is evident that every word cannot be defined; for the definition must consist of words; and there could be no definition, if there were not words previously understood without definition.” —Thomas Reid