explanativeadj.

Brit.

/ᵻkˈsplanətɪv/,

/ɛkˈsplanətɪv/, U.S.

/ᵻkˈsplænədɪv/,

/ɛkˈsplænədɪv/

Forms: late Middle English explanatif, 1600s– explanative.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin explanativus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin explanativus explanatory (4th cent.) < classical Latin explānāt- , past participial stem of explānāre explain v. + -īvus -ive suffix.

Now rare.

Providing an explanation; helping to explain; explanatory.The meaning intended in quot. a1500 is uncertain: the apparently corresponding Latin phrase in the original source is virtus regia et voluntaria, ‘royal and voluntary power’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [adjective]

explanativea1500

expositive1535

resolutory1567

interpretative1569

expounding1571

illustrating1589

explanatory1600

explicative1602

explicatory1606

expository1628

clarifying1630

illustrative1643

luciferous1648

omnilucent1651

explaining?1683

illustratorya1734

elucidatory1774

elucidative1822

irradiativea1834

expositional1845

resolvent1856

enucleating1862

expositionary1882

luminant1891

interpreting1892

clarificatory1945

FYI1973

a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 73 Than þe roiall vertue explanatif, þat is in kynges of thair originall, gouerneth to 40 yere.

1643 R. More tr. J. Mede Key Revelation ii. 67 For the Hebrew vau and thence καὶ in the Scripture is a conjunction not onely Copulative, but also disjunctive, rationall, causall, ordinative, explanative [L. explanativa], as the reason of the sense requireth.

1674 G. Whitehead Quakers Plainness ii. ii. 68 See here how he and you have left out the very principal and explanative Part of the same Sentence.

1750 W. Warburton Julian ii. 181 What follows..is explanative of what went before.

1837 New Monthly Mag. 51 117 He grows more explicit and explanative.

1887 Public Opinion 28 May 168/2 This is followed by an explanative account, it can hardly be called a review, of Lafenstre's ‘Titian’.

1902 Brief 4 174 One's last will and testament no longer contains an explanative statement of the views of this life and the hereafter.

1975 Motor Boating & Sailing Feb. 4/2 I've found your articles to be explanative and interesting.

2009 Kirkus Rev. (Nexis) 15 Oct. The prose is remarkably explanative, if sometimes repetitious, and never weighed down by excessive scientific terminology.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	explanative
释义	explanativeadj. Brit. /ᵻkˈsplanətɪv/, /ɛkˈsplanətɪv/, U.S. /ᵻkˈsplænədɪv/, /ɛkˈsplænədɪv/ Forms: late Middle English explanatif, 1600s– explanative. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin explanativus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin explanativus explanatory (4th cent.) < classical Latin explānāt- , past participial stem of explānāre explain v. + -īvus -ive suffix. Now rare. Providing an explanation; helping to explain; explanatory.The meaning intended in quot. a1500 is uncertain: the apparently corresponding Latin phrase in the original source is virtus regia et voluntaria, ‘royal and voluntary power’. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [adjective] explanativea1500 expositive1535 resolutory1567 interpretative1569 expounding1571 illustrating1589 explanatory1600 explicative1602 explicatory1606 expository1628 clarifying1630 illustrative1643 luciferous1648 omnilucent1651 explaining?1683 illustratorya1734 elucidatory1774 elucidative1822 irradiativea1834 expositional1845 resolvent1856 enucleating1862 expositionary1882 luminant1891 interpreting1892 clarificatory1945 FYI1973 a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 73 Than þe roiall vertue explanatif, þat is in kynges of thair originall, gouerneth to 40 yere. 1643 R. More tr. J. Mede Key Revelation ii. 67 For the Hebrew vau and thence καὶ in the Scripture is a conjunction not onely Copulative, but also disjunctive, rationall, causall, ordinative, explanative [L. explanativa], as the reason of the sense requireth. 1674 G. Whitehead Quakers Plainness ii. ii. 68 See here how he and you have left out the very principal and explanative Part of the same Sentence. 1750 W. Warburton Julian ii. 181 What follows..is explanative of what went before. 1837 New Monthly Mag. 51 117 He grows more explicit and explanative. 1887 Public Opinion 28 May 168/2 This is followed by an explanative account, it can hardly be called a review, of Lafenstre's ‘Titian’. 1902 Brief 4 174 One's last will and testament no longer contains an explanative statement of the views of this life and the hereafter. 1975 Motor Boating & Sailing Feb. 4/2 I've found your articles to be explanative and interesting. 2009 Kirkus Rev. (Nexis) 15 Oct. The prose is remarkably explanative, if sometimes repetitious, and never weighed down by excessive scientific terminology. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1500
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