elucidate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make clear and (more) comprehensible
    clarify; clear up.
    • clarify the mystery surrounding her death
  2. verb make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
    crystallise; illuminate; straighten out; clear; clear up; crystallize; sort out; crystalise; shed light on; crystalize; enlighten.
    • Could you clarify these remarks?
    • Clear up the question of who is at fault

WordNet

E*lu"ci*date transitive verb
Etymology
LL. elucidatus, p. p. of elucidare; e + lucidus full of light, clear. See Lucid.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Elucidated ; present participle & verbal noun Elucidating
Definitions
  1. To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.

Webster 1913