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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Construe :: Construe (v. t. ) To apply the rules of syntax to (a sentence or clause) so as to exhibit the structure, arrangement, or connection of, or to discover the sense; to explain the construction of; to interpret; to translate..
Hypothesis :: Hypothesis (n.) A tentative theory or supposition provisionally adopted to explain certain facts, and to guide in the investigation of others; hence, frequently called a working hypothesis..
Crux :: Crux (n.) Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain.
Epideictic :: Epideictic (a.) Serving to show forth, explain, or exhibit; -- applied by the Greeks to a kind of oratory, which, by full amplification, seeks to persuade..
Riddle :: Riddle (v. t.) To explain; to solve; to unriddle.
Naturalize :: Naturalize (v. i.) To explain phenomena by natural agencies or laws, to the exclusion of the supernatural..
Interpret :: Interpret (v. t.) To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied esp. to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech..
Platonize :: Platonize (v. t.) To explain by, or accomodate to, the Platonic philosophy..
Show :: Show (v. t.) To make apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony, or reasoning; to prove; to explain; also, to manifest; to evince; as, to show the truth of a statement; to show the causes of an event..
Palaetiology :: Palaetiology (n.) The science which explains, by the law of causation, the past condition and changes of the earth..
Rede :: Rede (v. t.) To interpret; to explain.
Materialize :: Materialize (v. t.) To regard as matter; to consider or explain by the laws or principles which are appropriate to matter.
Effable :: Effable (a.) Capable of being uttered or explained; utterable.
Interpretable :: Interpretable (a.) Admitting of interpretation; capable of being interpreted or explained.
Regular :: Regular (a.) Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in course, practice, or occurence; not subject to unexplained or irrational variation; returning at stated intervals; steadily pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the regular succession of day and night; regular habits..
Mythologize :: Mythologize (v. i.) To relate, classify, and explain, or attempt to explain, myths; to write upon myths..
Remean :: Remean (v. t.) To give meaning to; to explain the meaning of; to interpret.
Read :: Read (v. t.) To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle..
Reason :: Reason (v. t.) To find by logical processes; to explain or justify by reason or argument; -- usually with out; as, to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon..
Comment :: Comment (n.) A note or observation intended to explain, illustrate, or criticise the meaning of a writing, book, etc.; explanation; annotation; exposition..
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