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Word: Elucidate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
mid 16th century: from late Latin elucidat- ‘made clear’, from the verb elucidare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + lucidus ‘lucid’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪˈl(j)uːsɪdeɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
make (something) clear; explain
Short Definition:make something clear
Examples:- work such as theirs will help to elucidate this matter
- in what follows I shall try to elucidate what I believe the problems to be
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