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▪ I. † eˈlucidate, a. Obs.
[f. late L. ēlūcidāt-us, pa. pple. of ēlūcidāre: see next.]
Clear, plain, intelligible.
a1670Hacket Abp. Williams i. (1692) 137 There was not a greater master of perspicuity and elucidate distinctions.
▪ II. elucidate, v.|ɪˈl(j)uːsɪdeɪt|
[f. late L. ēlūcidāt- ppl. stem of ēlūcidā-re, f. ē out + lūcidus bright.]
trans. To render lucid; now only fig. to throw light upon, clear up, explain. Also absol.
a1568Coverdale Let. Wks. II. 492 Such annotations..elucidate and clear [the text]. 1675Baxter Cath. Theol. ii. v. 88 Your own conceptions..tend to elucidate. 1676Bullokar, Elucidate, to make bright or shining. 1685Evelyn Mem. (1857) II. 256 This..was made out of human blood and urine, elucidating the vital flame, or heat, in animal bodies. 1748J. Mason Elocut. 33 The great End of Pronunciation is to elucidate and heighten the Sense. 1789Gibbon Autobiog. (1854) 85 Sir William Hamilton..has elucidated a country of such inestimable value to the naturalist. 1804Wellington Let. in Gurw. Disp. III. 127, I mention these circumstances only because they tend to elucidate the foreign policy of this Prince. 1825Macaulay Milton, Ess. (1851) I. 1 His notes have the rare merit of really elucidating the text. 1840Mill Diss. & Disc. (1873) I. 408 This language..serves not to elucidate. 1872Darwin Emotions Introd. 5 Elucidating the physiology of the muscles of the hand. |