Explicate Definition

explicate
verb
  1. make plain and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students"
  2. elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"

"Explicate" in song lyrics

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  • "easiest poems to explicate"
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