Definition of "explicates" [explicates]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of explicate. (verb)

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• "No matter: accomplishing prodigious research and writing with an elegant vim befitting his “Old-Time Wild Man” subject, Sragow exhumes an obscured life and explicates an enduring oeuvre."
• "En route, she mines and deconstructs canonical works of poetry and philosophy (Rig Veda, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita); explicates basic concepts and dualities (karma, dharma, castes); scrambles traditional histories (women, animals, and untouchables are accorded new standing); and considers the assorted upshots of British colonialism on Indian culture, thereby pushing the Hindu story to the present."
• "Steinhardt explicates it beautifully, but rather than steal his thunder I will give you the simple example that blew my mind when I first started grappling with the infinite decades ago."