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Word entry · 9 letters

elucidate

Best crossword clue

"Make clear"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈl(j)uːsɪdeɪt/Part of speech verbSorted acdeeiltuStarts with EEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

Word origin

From Late Latin ēlūcidātus (“lightened, enlightened”), see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.

Used in a sentence

  • Let me hear vvhat your ovvn conceptions are of the matter, if they tend to elucidate or reconcile.
  • Dining at Mr. [Samuel] Pepys's, Dr. Slayer shewed us an experiment of a wonderful nature, […] This matter or phosphorus was made out of human blood and urine, elucidating the vital flame or heate in animal bodys.
  • The antiquities of France have been elucidated by a learned and ingenious people: […]

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