dilucidate en · VERB
Etymology
From diēs (“day”) + lūcis (“light”) + -id + -ate.
Meanings
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(obsolete, transitive) To 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)
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dilucidating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| dilucidates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| dilucidated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| dilucidated | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
es dilucidar (Translations)