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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : ih-loo-si-deyt |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlu sɪˌdeɪt |
Definition of elucidating
Origin :- 1560s, perhaps via Middle French élucider (15c.) or directly from Late Latin elucidatus, past participle of elucidare "make clear," from ex- "out, away" (see ex-) + lucidus "clear" (see lucid). Related: Elucidated; elucidates; elucidating.
- verb explain in detail
- Instead of elucidating the mystery, this knowledge only rendered it more inexplicable.
- Extract from : « The Ocean Waifs » by Mayne Reid
- Bacteriologist, perform your share in elucidating this difficulty.
- Extract from : « The Corner of Harley Street » by Henry Bashford
- "The Niqoyastcdje—'Place-where-they-came-up,'" said Brouillard, elucidating for her.
- Extract from : « The City of Numbered Days » by Francis Lynde
- Is the preacher emphasizing and elucidating the five points?
- Extract from : « From the Easy Chair, series 3 » by George William Curtis
- So elucidating was the moon's light that it left no room for confusion or doubt.
- Extract from : « The Lee Shore » by Rose Macaulay
- If by aid of abridging, elucidating and arranging, we can get the reader engaged to peruse it patiently;—which seems doubtful.
- Extract from : « History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Volume IV. (of XXI.) » by Thomas Carlyle
- He returned the proof, saying that he could not accept any of it as elucidating the exact area of a circle, or as Euclidean.
- Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll » by Stuart Dodgson Collingwood
- However it may be, we will for the present leave to others the task of elucidating the question of origin.
- Extract from : « The Ancient Cities of the New World » by Dsir Charnay
- Dr. Whewell's work was written for the purpose of elucidating them, which he does at great length.
- Extract from : « The Philosophy of Natural Theology » by William Jackson
- I leave to anatomists equipped with more delicate instruments than I the task of elucidating this obscure question.
- Extract from : « More Hunting Wasps » by J. Henri Fabre
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