elucidationn.
/ɪˌl(j)uːsɪˈdeɪʃən/ 1. The action or process of elucidating, throwing light upon, making plain or intelligible.
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
1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. v. f. 127v Somewhat will I now say for the elucidation of the first kinde.
1774 J. Bryant New Syst. II. 62 The person alluded to stands too manifest to need any farther elucidation.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. ix. 688 Zeal for the elucidation of Indian delinquency.
1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. i. 53 Shall disclose itself, to mutual elucidation.
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. Pref. 8 Documents..and the notes..added for their elucidation.
2. That which serves to elucidate or clear up; an explanation, demonstration, or illustration.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun] > an explanation, exposition, account
reasonc1300
interpretation1390
gloss1548
esclarishment1549
demonstration1559
resolution1582
elucidary1603
elucidation1667
éclaircissement1673
expositive1687
mise au point1929
1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 568 There being no further Elucidation of the said Theoreme since publisht.
1772 T. Pennant Tours Scotl. (1774) 293 We may expect further elucidations from a skillful antiquary.
1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. viii. 299 I trust I shall be able to offer you satisfactory elucidations on the subject.
1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 174 The latest generations of men will find new meanings in Shakspeare, new elucidations of their own human being.
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