Explicate

v. t. [imp. & p. p. EXPLICATED; p. pr. & vb. n. EXPLICATING.] [Lat. explicare, explicatum (or explicitum), from ex, out of, from, and plicare, to fold, Gr. πλέκω; Sp. & Pg. explicar, Pr. explicar, esplegar, esplear, It. esplicare, spiegare, Fr. expliquer.]

1Sense 1. To unfold; to expand; to lay open. [Obs.]

“They explicate the leaves.” Blackmore.

2Sense 2. To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret.

The last verse of his last satire is not yet sufficiently explicated. Dryden.