explicate (verb) explicate: clarify, expand
Detalii: explicate also contains the implication that the something of which an account is being given is more complicated or detailed - so while one may explain why a child is crying, one would explicate the meaning of a poem or implications of a legal document; early senses of explain were 'smooth out' and 'spread flat'
Sinonime: aim, contemplate, design, have every intention,
mean, mind,
plan, purpose,
schemeAntonime: disbelieve, repulse