English-Thai Dictionary

elucidate

VI ชี้แจง (คำ ทางการ  ขยายความ  ไขความ  จาระไน  clarify explain illustrate che-jang

 

elucidate

VT ชี้แจง (คำ ทางการ  ขยายความ  ไขความ  จาระไน  clarify explain illustrate che-jang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ELUCIDATE

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.

 

ELUCIDATED

pp. Explained; made plain, clear or intelligible.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ELUCIDATE

E *lu "ci *date, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elucidated; p. pr. & vb. n.Elucidating. ] Etym: [LL. elucidatus, p. p. of elucidare; e + lucidus full of light, clear. See Lucid. ]

 

Defn: To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

elucidate

e lu ci date |iˈlo͞osiˌdāt iˈlusəˌdeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (something ) clear; explain: work such as theirs will help to elucidate this matter | [ with clause ] : in what follows I shall try to elucidate what I believe the problems to be | [ no obj. ] : they would not elucidate further. DERIVATIVES e lu ci da tive |-ˌdātiv |adjective, e lu ci da tor |-ˌdātər |noun, e lu ci da to ry |-dəˌtôrē |adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from late Latin elucidat- ‘made clear, ’ from the verb elucidare, from e- (variant of ex- )‘out ’ + lucidus ‘lucid. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

elucidate

elucidate |ɪˈl (j )uːsɪdeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (something ) clear; explain: work such as theirs will help to elucidate this matter | [ with clause ] : in what follows I shall try to elucidate what I believe the problems to be. DERIVATIVES elucidative adjective, elucidator noun, elucidatory adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from late Latin elucidat- ‘made clear ’, from the verb elucidare, from e- (variant of ex- )‘out ’ + lucidus ‘lucid ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

elucidate

elucidate verb Sherwood's diaries may help elucidate his motives: explain, make clear, illuminate, throw /shed light on, clarify, clear up, sort out, unravel, spell out; interpret, explicate; gloss. ANTONYMS confuse. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See clarify . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

elucidate

elucidate verb collections of letters can elucidate what was uppermost in an artist's mind: explain, make clear, make plain, illuminate, throw /shed light on, clarify; comment on, interpret, explicate, expound on, gloss, annotate, spell out; clear up, sort out, resolve, straighten up /out, unravel, untangle. ANTONYMS confuse, obscure.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

elucidate

e lu ci date /ɪlúːsɪdèɪt /動詞 他動詞 自動詞 ｟かたく ｠(〈難解な事 〉を )解明する, はっきりと説明する, 明らかにする (clarify ).e l ú ci d à tor /-tə r /名詞 e l ú ci d à to ry /-dətɔ̀ːri |-dèɪt (ə )ri /形容詞 説明的な, 物事を明確にする .