Definition of "elucidates" [elucidates]

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

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• "The result is a story within a story (Brom Bones "elucidates" the tale of the Headless Horseman) depicted with horrifically makeshift illustrations (Brom rides a wooden chair towards Ichabod casting ominous shadows, a startled cat shrieks and darts into a hollow pumpkin, a window flies open letting in the grave solemnity of the dimming woods, and so forth)."
• ""elucidates" Hamlet's talk about worms and bodies, and his further sketch of the progress of Alexander's dust to the plugging of a beer-barrel."
• "Her passion for her subject takes her to posh Manhattan auction houses and glitzy Las Vegas showrooms; she explores the industry's future and its past; she mines the roots of the diamond trade among Jews in medieval Europe and elucidates the problem of finding matching stones for earrings."