elucidate (v.)

  1. make clear and (more) comprehensible; clarify the mystery surrounding her death

    [ Syn: clarify , clear up ]

  2. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; Could you clarify these remarks?; Clear up the question of who is at fault

    [ Syn: clear , clear up , shed light on , crystallize , crystallise , crystalize , crystalise , straighten out , sort out , enlighten , illuminate ]

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