different between explicate vs explication

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin explic?re, present active infinitive of explic? (“unfold, explain”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??kspl??ke?t/
• (General American, weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /??kspl??ke?t/
• Hyphenation: ex?pli?cate

Verb

explicate (third-person singular simple present explicates, present participle explicating, simple past and past participle explicated)

1. (transitive) To explain meticulously or in great detail.

   Synonyms: elucidate, analyze

Related terms

• complicate
• explication
• explicative
• explicator
• explicit

Translations

Adjective

explicate (comparative more explicate, superlative most explicate)

1. (obsolete) Evolved; unfolded.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Jeremy Taylor to this entry?)

References

Further reading

• explicate at OneLook Dictionary Search
• explicate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Adverb

explic?t? (not comparable)

1. clearly, plainly

Verb

explic?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of explic?

References

• explicate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• explicate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• explicate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French explication, from Latin explicatio, explicationem.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

explication (countable and uncountable, plural explications)

1. The act of opening or unfolding.
2. (dated or formal) The act of explaining; an explanation.
3. The sense given by an expositor.

Related terms

• explicate
• explicator
• explicit

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin explicatio, explicationem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.spli.ka.sj??/

Noun

explication f (plural explications)

1. explanation

Related terms

• expliquer

Further reading

• “explication” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).