elucidate

Definizione monolingua

elucidate

elucidate (third-person singular simple present elucidates, present participle elucidating, simple past and past participle elucidated)

1. To make clear; to clarify; to shed light upon.
   • 1817, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, ch. 13:

     The business, however, though not perfectly elucidated by this speech, soon ceased to be a puzzle.

   • 1960, ""Medicine: Unmasking the Brain,"" Time, 4 April:

     [P]hysicians at the annual meeting of the American Academy of General Practice were fascinated by a 3-ft. model showing the brains components in 20 layers of translucent plastic, and wired for colored lights to elucidate some of its workings.

   • 2004, David Bernstein, “Philosophy Hitches a Ride With ‘The Sopranos’,” New York Times, 13 April (retrieved 19 Aug. 2009):

     The new Sopranos volume has 17 essays that examine the television show and elucidate concepts from classical philosophers, including Aristotle, Machiavelli, Nietzsche, Sun Tzu and Plato.

Definizione dizionario elucidate

	chiarificare
	Fare chiaro o evidente.
	To make clear or obvious.

	chiarire
	make clear

	delucidare
	Fare chiaro o evidente.
	To make clear or obvious.

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Altri significati:

To make clear; to clarify; to shed light upon.