Vocabulary Word
Word: elucidate
Definition: explain; make clear; clarify; enlighten; CF. lucid
Definition: explain; make clear; clarify; enlighten; CF. lucid
Sentences Containing 'elucidate'
Another book I have which I call 'The Supplement to Polydore Vergil,' which treats of the invention of things, and is a work of great erudition and research, for I establish and elucidate elegantly some things of great importance which Polydore omitted to mention.
All these particulars are faithfully narrated here, as they will not fail to elucidate several most important, however intricate passages, in scenes hereafter to be painted.
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