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explication|ɛksplɪˈkeɪʃən|
[a. F. explication, ad. L. explicātiōn-em, n. of action f. explicāre: see explicate v.]
The action of explicating.
†1. The action or process of unfolding (flowers, leaves, etc.). Obs.
1658Sir T. Browne Gard. Cyrus II. 514 In the flowers of Sycamore..before explication. 1660Sharrock Vegetables 24 The moones being in the full at the first explication of the two dissimilar leaves.
2. The process of developing or bringing out what is implicitly contained in a notion, proposition, principle, etc.; the result of this process.
1656tr. Hobbes' Elem. Philos. (1839) 70 Definitions..are nothing but the explication of our simple conceptions. 1837–8Sir W. Hamilton Logic xxiv. (1866) II. 12 A declaration is called an Explication, when the predicate or defining member indeterminately evolves only some of the characters belonging to the subject. 1864Bowen Logic iii. 48 The ground of this explication may be thus set forth.
3. The action or process of stating or describing in detail; a detailed statement or description.
1528Roy Sat., Of wholy Roodes there is soche a sight That bitwene this and mydnyght I coulde not make explication. 1588Fraunce Lawiers Log. Ded., The more orderly explication of the Lawe. 1660Sharrock Vegetables 51 Explication of the manner of propagation by stems cut off from the Mother-plant. 1674tr. Scheffer's Lapland i. 1 Olaus Magnus in the explication of his map of Scandinavia. 1674Grew Anat. Plants iii. ii. (1682) 123 The Explication therefore of all those Particulars..will be my present Task. 1759Johnson Idler No. 70 ⁋4 Diffusion and explication are necessary to the instruction of those who..can only learn what is expressly taught.
†4. The action or process of unfolding the cause or origin of a phenomenon; a statement made for this purpose. Obs.
1692Bentley Boyle Lect. 226 Those common attempts toward the explication of gravity. 1717J. Keill Anim. Œcon. Pref. (1738) 24 The Explications of the Animal Œconomy are equally certain..with the Propositions of Geometry. 1752Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) II. 114 No other explication can be given of this operation. 1764Reid Inquiry I. i. §2. 99 An explication..of the various phænomena of human nature.
5. The action or process of removing difficulty or obscurity from, or making clear the meaning of (a word, statement, symbol, etc.). Also, that which effects this; an explanation, interpretation.
1548–9(Mar.) Bk. Com. Prayer, Offices 37 Certayne notes for the more playne explicacion..of thinges. 1578Timme Calvin on Gen. 43 The second word was added instead of an explication. 1651C. Cartwright Cert. Relig. i. 235 Now take any of all these foure Explications of the Apostles words. 1660Barrow Euclid Introd., The explication of the Signs or Characters. 1709Swift Merlin's Proph., I have not forced the words by my explication into any other sense. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 99 ⁋13 A better explication of a controverted line. c1760Ibbots in Times 18 Apr. (1884) 4/2 Ten plates of Anglo-Saxon coins with explications. 1838–9Hallam Hist. Lit. II. ii. iii. §20. 419 Such explication of contrarieties as might make them appear less incompatible with outward unity. 1872Black Adv. Phaeton xix. 274 A mystery beyond explication.
†b. An exposition; a paraphrase. Obs.
1651Fuller's Abel Rediv., Life Luther (1867) I. 59 In the year 1544, th 17th of November, he finished his explication of Genesis. a1789Burney Hist. Mus. (ed. 2) II. iv. 252 Two choristers sung the explication or paraphrase.
†6. = explanation 3.
1707Collier Refl. Ridic. 70 If the Person they are address'd to is affronted, and demands an Explication. 1745Fortunate Orphan 128 He told him, he desir'd to have an Explication with him. |