dilucidate

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verb

To elucidate; to clarify.

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Meanings

verbdilucidate (third-person singular simple present dilucidates, present participle dilucidating, simple past and past participle dilucidated)

present singular third person dilucidates · participle present dilucidating · participle past dilucidated · past dilucidated

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo elucidate; to clarify.

    And because the proceeding by interrogatories doth in my opinion much dilucidate things […] I will make use of that artifice.

    1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2)

Origin

From diēs (“day”) + lūcis (“light”) + -id + -ate.

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Translations

Spanish dilucidar
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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

dilucidate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dilucidate

MLA

“dilucidate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dilucidate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dilucidate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dilucidate.

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