elucidate

From Late Latin ēlūcidātus, perfect passive participle of ēlūcidō (“clarify”), from Latin ex- and lūcidus (“clear”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈluː.sɪ.deɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /iˈluː.sɪ.deɪt/, enPR: ĭ-lo͞o'-sĭ-dāt

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elucidate (third-person singular simple present elucidates, present participle elucidating, simple past and past participle elucidated)

1. (transitive) To make clear; to clarify; to shed light upon.

   Synonyms: explicate, illuminate

   • 1803 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter XIII, in Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:

     The business, however, though not perfectly elucidated by this speech, soon ceased to be a puzzle.

   • 1960 April 4, “Medicine: Unmasking the Brain”, in Time:

     [P]hysicians at the annual meeting of the American Academy of General Practice were fascinated by a 3-ft. model showing the brain's components in 20 layers of translucent plastic, and wired for colored lights to elucidate some of its workings.

   • 1961 July, “New reading on railways: The Locomotives of the South Eastern & Chatham Railway, by D. L. Bradley”, in Trains Illustrated, page vii:

     Another appendix elucidates the S.E.C.R. headcode system.

   • 2004 April 13, David Bernstein, “Philosophy Hitches a Ride With ‘The Sopranos’”, in New York Times, retrieved 19 Aug. 2009:

     The new Sopranos volume has 17 essays that examine the television show and elucidate concepts from classical philosophers, including Aristotle, Machiavelli, Nietzsche, Sun Tzu and Plato.

elucidate

1. inflection of elucidare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

elucidate f pl

1. feminine plural of elucidato

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eː.luː.kiˈdaː.te/, [eːɫ̪uːkɪˈd̪äːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.lu.t͡ʃiˈda.te/, [elut͡ʃiˈd̪äːt̪e]

ēlūcidāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēlūcidō

elucidate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of elucidar combined with te