OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 8439

elucidate

/ɪˈl(j)uːsɪdeɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
dilucidar • elucidar
To make (something) clear and understandable; to clarify, to illuminate, to shed light on.
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…
Let me hear vvhat your ovvn conceptions are of the matter, if they tend to elucidate or reconcile.