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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ELU'CIDATE, v.t [Low L. elucido, from eluceo,luceo, to shine, or from lucidus, clear, bright. See Light.]
To make clear or manifest; to explain; to remove obscurity from, and render intelligible; to illustrate. An example will elucidate the subject. An argument may elucidate an obscure question. A fact related by one historian may elucidate an obscure passage in another's writings.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death" [syn: clarify, clear up, elucidate] [ant: obfuscate]
2: make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault" [syn: clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate]

Merriam Webster's

verb (-dated; -dating) Etymology: Late Latin elucidatus, past participle of elucidare, from Latin e- + lucidus lucid Date: circa 1568 transitive verb to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis <elucidate a text> intransitive verb to give a clarifying explanation Synonyms: see explain • elucidation noun • elucidative adjective • elucidator noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. throw light on; explain. Derivatives: elucidation n. elucidative adj. elucidator n. elucidatory adj. Etymology: LL elucidare (as E-, LUCID)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Elucidate E*lu"ci*date, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elucidated; p. pr. & vb. n. Elucidating.] [LL. elucidatus, p. p. of elucidare; e + lucidus full of light, clear. See Lucid.] To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(elucidates, elucidating, elucidated) If you elucidate something, you make it clear and easy to understand. (FORMAL) Haig went on to elucidate his personal principle of war... There was no need for him to elucidate. = clarify VERB: V n, V • elucidation ...Gerald's attempts at elucidation.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Explain, illustrate, unfold, make clear, make plain, throw light upon.

Moby Thesaurus

account for, allegorize, annotate, clarify, clear, clear up, crack, decipher, demonstrate, demythologize, enlighten, euhemerize, exemplify, explain, explain away, explicate, exposit, expound, get across, get over, give reason for, give the meaning, illuminate, illustrate, make clear, make it clear, make plain, popularize, prove, put across, put over, rationalize, shed light upon, show, show how, show the way, simplify, solve, spell out, throw light upon, unfold, unlock, unravel, vulgarize