† dilucidateadj.
Obsolete.
Made clear or lucid; = dilucid adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > [adjective]
sutelc897
openeOE
plaina1398
sada1400
familiar1509
facile1531
lightsome1532
well-determined1560
pervial1595
uncurious1601
articulate1603
distinct1609
unmisinterpretablea1631
dilucida1640
limpid1649
dilucidate1651
unmysterious1663
incurious1664
elucidatea1670
accessible1681
distinguished1700
dilucidated1759
unmistakable1822
black and white1838
clear-cut1843
square on1963
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > clarity > [adjective]
plaina1398
cleara1400
luminousc1450
lightsome1532
perspiculous1565
perspicuous1570
luculent1597
dilucida1640
limpid1649
dilucidate1651
elucidatea1670
dilucidated1759
lucid1786
pellucid1831
chiselleda1862
transpicuous1877
1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋297 Very often more dilucidate in their abstracted part.
Derivatives
ΚΠ
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Dilucidateness..clearness, plainness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
† dilucidatev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To make clear or plain; to elucidate.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > expound, explain [verb (transitive)]
arecchec885
unloukOE
overrunOE
sutelec1000
trahtnec1000
unfolda1050
belayc1175
openc1175
onopena1200
accountc1300
undo?a1366
remenea1382
interpret1382
unwrap1387
exploitc1390
enlumine1393
declarec1400
expoundc1400
unplait?c1400
enperc1420
planea1425
clearc1440
exponec1440
to lay outc1440
to give (also carry) lightc1449
unwind1482
expose1483
reducea1500
manifest1530
explicate1531
explaina1535
unlock?1536
dilucidate1538
elucidate1538
illustrate1538
rechec1540
explicate1543
illucidate1545
enucleate1548
unsnarl1555
commonstrate1563
to lay forth1577
straighten1577
unbroid1577
untwist1577
decipherc1586
illuminate1586
enlighten1587
resolvec1592
cipher1594
eliquidate1596
to take (a person) with one1599
rivelc1600
ravel1604
unbowel1606
unmist1611
extricate1614
unbolta1616
untanglea1616
enode1623
unperplexa1631
perspicuate1634
explata1637
unravel1637
esclarea1639
clarify1642
unweave1642
detenebrate1646
dismystery1652
undecipher1654
unfork1654
unparadox1654
reflect1655
enodate1656
unmysterya1661
liquidatea1670
recognize1676
to clear upa1691
to throw sidelight on1726
to throw (also cast, shed) light on (also upon)1731
eclaircise1754
irradiate1864
unbraid1880
predigest1905
to get (something) straight1920
disambiguate1960
demystify1963
1538 in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 576 Such annotacions.. as shall douteles delucidate and cleare the same.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Dilucider, to cleere, dilucidate, explain, manifest.
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 95 Till time might delucidate his innocency.
1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxxviii. 177 He has..examined every part of it, dialectically,..dilucidating it with all the light which..the collision of his own natural parts could strike.
1764 T. Phillips Hist. Life R. Pole (1767) I. 43 His conscience was interested in having the lawfulness of it dilucidated.
Derivatives
diˈlucidated adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > [adjective]
sutelc897
openeOE
plaina1398
sada1400
familiar1509
facile1531
lightsome1532
well-determined1560
pervial1595
uncurious1601
articulate1603
distinct1609
unmisinterpretablea1631
dilucida1640
limpid1649
dilucidate1651
unmysterious1663
incurious1664
elucidatea1670
accessible1681
distinguished1700
dilucidated1759
unmistakable1822
black and white1838
clear-cut1843
square on1963
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > clarity > [adjective]
plaina1398
cleara1400
luminousc1450
lightsome1532
perspiculous1565
perspicuous1570
luculent1597
dilucida1640
limpid1649
dilucidate1651
elucidatea1670
dilucidated1759
lucid1786
pellucid1831
chiselleda1862
transpicuous1877
1759 W. H. Dilworth Life of Pope 2 A concise and dilucidated account of the life of Pope.
dilucidating n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun]
keyeOE
undoinga1330
expositiona1340
declarationc1374
declaringc1374
clearingc1380
expoundingc1380
explanationa1382
interpretation1382
exploitingc1390
unfolding1483
explicating1531
explication1537
clearance?1548
elucidation1570
explaining1576
manifestation1576
untwining1577
illustration1581
untwisting1591
eviscerating1599
unclouding1601
enodation1603
opening1611
dilucidation1615
unsnarling1640
declarement1646
enucleation1650
illumination1656
dilucidatinga1660
luciferousness1665
clarifying1677
unravelling1713
disentanglement1751
exegesis1770
disambiguation1827
evisceration1831
keyword1848
clarificationa1866
exponence1880
exponency1880
straightening1900
demystification1964
a1660 H. Hammond Wks. (1684) II. iii. 6 (R.) For the dilucidating of obscurities in ancient story.
dilucidator n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun] > one who explains
expositora1340
expounitourc1380
undoer1382
expoundera1425
reader1440
declarera1527
looser1528
explainer1579
exponer1588
illustrator1598
clearer1599
explicator1611
unfolder1611
representer1642
dilucidator1689
unravellera1704
elucidator1715
exponent1812
explanator1858
transfuser1889
1689 (title) The Dilucidator, or Reflections upon modern transactions, by way of Letters from a person at Amsterdam to his friend in London.
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