elucidate
/ih-LOO-sih-dayt/verbto make something clear; to explain
“The footnote elucidates the poem's obscure reference.”
- Synonyms
- clarify, explain, illuminate
- Antonyms
- obscure, confuse
- Root
- luc- (light)
- Memory hook
- e (out) + luc (light): shine light out onto it.
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