different between solve vs elucidate

English

Etymology

From Latin solv?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s?lv/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /s?lv/, /s?lv/

Verb

solve (third-person singular simple present solves, present participle solving, simple past and past participle solved)

1. To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.

   • True piety would effectually solve such scruples.

   • 1649, Thomas Tickell, Thoughts occasioned by the sight of an original picture of King Charles I taken at the time of his trial

     God shall solve the dark decrees of fate.
2. (mathematics) To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities.
3. (mathematics) To algebraically manipulate an equation or inequality into a form that isolates a chosen variable on one side, so that the other side consists of an expression that may be used to generate solutions.
4. (transitive) To loosen or separate the parts of.

Derived terms

• resolve
• solvable
• solution

Related terms

Translations

Noun

solve (plural solves)

1. (now rare, chiefly law enforcement) A solution; an explanation.
   • 2014 February 4, The Party, Gil Ozeri and Gabe Liedman (writers), Michael Engler (director), Brooklyn Nine-Nine, season 1, episode 16:

     KEVIN: I decided a long time ago that just because I love Raymond, doesn't mean I have to love the people he works with. Good solve, Detective.

   • 2017, Elodia Strain, The Dating Experiment (?ISBN):

     “Hey, Mr. Quilt Bandit.”
     Ian smiled. “Nice solve, Nancy Drew.”

Anagrams

• Loves, loves, slove, voles, voëls

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?l.ve/
• Rhymes: -?lve

Verb

solve

1. third-person singular present indicative of solvere

Anagrams

• svelo, svelò, volse

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?sol.u?e/, [?s????u??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sol.ve/, [?s?lv?]

Verb

solve

1. second-person singular present active imperative of solv?

References

• solve in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

English

Etymology

From Late Latin ?l?cid?tus, perfect passive participle of ?l?cid? (“clarify”), from Latin ex- and l?cidus (“clear”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??lu?.s?.de??t/
• (US) enPR: ?-lo?o'-s?-d?t

Verb

elucidate (third-person singular simple present elucidates, present participle elucidating, simple past and past participle elucidated)

1. (transitive) To make clear; to clarify; to shed light upon.
   • 1817, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, ch. 13:

     The business, however, though not perfectly elucidated by this speech, soon ceased to be a puzzle.

   • 1960, "Medicine: Unmasking the Brain," Time, 4 April:

     [P]hysicians at the annual meeting of the American Academy of General Practice were fascinated by a 3-ft. model showing the brain's components in 20 layers of translucent plastic, and wired for colored lights to elucidate some of its workings.

   • 2004, David Bernstein, “Philosophy Hitches a Ride With ‘The Sopranos’,” New York Times, 13 April (retrieved 19 Aug. 2009):

     The new Sopranos volume has 17 essays that examine the television show and elucidate concepts from classical philosophers, including Aristotle, Machiavelli, Nietzsche, Sun Tzu and Plato.

   Synonyms: explicate, illuminate

Derived terms

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Translations

Italian

Verb

elucidate

1. second-person plural present indicative of elucidare
2. second-person plural imperative of elucidare

Participle

elucidate

1. feminine plural of the past participle of elucidare

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e?.lu?.ki?da?.te/, [e???u?k??d?ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.lu.t??i?da.te/, [?lut??i?d???t??]

Verb

?l?cid?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ?l?cid?