Definition of explain

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Explain (v. i.) To give an explanation.

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English :: English (v. t.) To translate into the English language; to Anglicize; hence, to interpret; to explain..
Explicative :: Explicative (a.) Serving to unfold or explain; tending to lay open to the understanding; explanatory.
Explicator :: Explicator (n.) One who unfolds or explains; an expounder; an explainer.
Unplight :: Unplight (v. t.) To unfold; to lay open; to explain.
Elucidator :: Elucidator (n.) One who explains or elucidates; an expositor.
Explication :: Explication (n.) The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation..
Expositor :: Expositor (n.) One who, or that which, expounds or explains; an expounder; a commentator..
Symphony :: Symphony (n.) An elaborate instrumental composition for a full orchestra, consisting usually, like the sonata, of three or four contrasted yet inwardly related movements, as the allegro, the adagio, the minuet and trio, or scherzo, and the finale in quick time. The term has recently been applied to large orchestral works in freer form, with arguments or programmes to explain their meaning, such as the symphonic poems of Liszt. The term was formerly applied to any composition for an orchestra, as
Iatrochemist :: Iatrochemist (n.) A physician who explained or treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who practiced iatrochemistry.
Superplant :: Superphysical (a.) Above or beyond physics; not explainable by physical laws.
Expone :: Expone (v. t.) To expound; to explain; also, to expose; to imperil..
Glassologist :: Glassologist (n.) One who defines and explains terms; one who is versed in glossology.
Synonymized :: Synonymist (n.) One who collects or explains synonyms.
Catoptrics :: Catoptrics (n.) That part of optics which explains the properties and phenomena of reflected light, and particularly that which is reflected from mirrors or polished bodies; -- formerly called anacamptics..
Mysticism :: Mysticism (n.) The doctrine of the Mystics, who professed a pure, sublime, and wholly disinterested devotion, and maintained that they had direct intercourse with the divine Spirit, and aquired a knowledge of God and of spiritual things unattainable by the natural intellect, and such as can not be analyzed or explained..
Open :: Open (v. t.) To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
Explain :: 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..
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..
Manifesto :: Manifesto (n. & a.) A public declaration, usually of a prince, sovereign, or other person claiming large powers, showing his intentions, or proclaiming his opinions and motives in reference to some act done or contemplated by him; as, a manifesto declaring the purpose of a prince to begin war, and explaining his motives..
Explate :: Explate (v. t.) To explain; to unfold.
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