ELU'CIDATE, verb intransitive [Low Latin elucido, from eluceo, luceo, to shine, or from lucidus, clear, bright. See Light.] To make clear or manifest; to explain; to remove obscurity from, and render intelligible; to illustrate. An example will elucidate the subject. An argument may elucidate an obscure question. A fact related by one historian may elucidate an obscure passage in another's writings.
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