"dilucidate" meaning in English

See dilucidate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: dilucidates [present, singular, third-person], dilucidating [participle, present], dilucidated [participle, past], dilucidated [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} dilucidate (third-person singular simple present dilucidates, present participle dilucidating, simple past and past participle dilucidated)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To elucidate; to clarify. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-dilucidate-en-verb-DQARtkwC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2)",
          "text": "And because the proceeding by interrogatories doth in my opinion much dilucidate things […] I will make use of that artifice."
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        "To elucidate; to clarify."
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To elucidate; to clarify."
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