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.
   • 1817 December​, [Jane Austen], chapter XIII, in Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], 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.

   Synonyms: explicate, illuminate

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]
• (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