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| SYLLABICATION: | e·lu·ci·date |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -l  s-d t |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: e·lu·ci·dat·ed, e·lu·ci·dat·ing, e·lu·ci·dates
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To give an explanation that serves to clarify. See synonyms at explain. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin  l cidre, lcidt- : Latin -, ex-, intensive pref.; see ex– + Latin lcidus, bright (from lcre, to shine; see leuk- in Appendix I). | | OTHER FORMS: | e·luci·dation —NOUN
e·luci·dative —ADJECTIVE
e·luci·dator —NOUN
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