Definition of explain

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Explain (a.) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible..

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Definer :: Definer (n.) One who defines or explains.
Diluvialist :: Diluvialist (n.) One who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge.
Hermetical :: Hermetical (a.) Of or pertaining to the system which explains the causes of diseases and the operations of medicine on the principles of the hermetic philosophy, and which made much use, as a remedy, of an alkali and an acid; as, hermetic medicine..
Moralize :: Moralize (v. t.) To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.
Antitypical :: Antitypical (a.) Of or pertaining to an antitype; explaining the type.
Explain :: Explain (a.) To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand.
Haggada :: Haggada (n.) A story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the Old Testament..
Self-explaining :: self-explaining (a.) Explaining itself; capable of being understood without explanation.
Truelove :: Truelove (n.) An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, meaning, perhaps, an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath..
Secret :: Secret (a.) A thing not discovered; what is unknown or unexplained; a mystery.
Construe :: Construe (v. t. ) To put a construction upon; to explain the sense or intention of; to interpret; to understand.
Understand :: Understand (v. t.) To recognize or hold as being or signifying; to suppose to mean; to interpret; to explain.
Decalogist :: Decalogist (n.) One who explains the decalogue.
Read :: Read (v. t.) To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle..
Naturalize :: Naturalize (v. i.) To explain phenomena by natural agencies or laws, to the exclusion of the supernatural..
Confession :: Confession (n.) An admission by a party to whom an act is imputed, in relation to such act. A judicial confession settles the issue to which it applies; an extrajudical confession may be explained or rebutted..
Account :: Account (v. i.) To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; -- with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty..
Paraphrastical :: Paraphrastical (a.) Paraphrasing; of the nature of paraphrase; explaining, or translating in words more clear and ample than those of the author; not literal; free..
Glassologist :: Glassologist (n.) One who defines and explains terms; one who is versed in glossology.
Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; -- said of complex ideas or obscure questions; to make clear or certain; to free from doubt; to disentangle; to unravel; to explain; hence, to clear up, or dispel, as doubt; as, to resolve a riddle..
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