Webster's Dictionary 1913

4537

Explanative

Ex‐plan″a‐tive (?), a. Explanatory.

4538

Explanatoriness

Ex‐plan″a‐to‐ri‐ness (?), n. The quality of being explanatory.

4539

Explanatory

Ex‐plan″a‐to‐ry (?), a. [L. explanatorius.] Serving to explain; containing explanation; as explanatory notes. Swift.

4540

Explat

{ Ex‐plat″ (?), Ex‐plate″ (?), } v. t. [Pref. ex- + plat or plait.] To explain; to unfold.Like Solon's self explatest the knotty laws. B. Jonson.

4541

Expletion

Ex‐ple″tion (?), n. [L. expletio a satisfying. See Expletive.] Accomplishment; fulfillment. Killingbeck.

4542

Expletive

Ex″ple‐tive (?), a. [L. expletivus, from expletus, p. p. of explere to fill up; ex out+plere to fill, akin to plenus full: cf. F. explétif. See Full.] Filling up; hence, added m...

4543

Expletive (2)

Ex″ple‐tive, n. A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath.While explectives their feeble aid to join,And ten low words oft ...

4544

Expletively

Ex″ple‐tive‐ly, adv. In the manner of an expletive.

4545

Expletory

Ex″ple‐to‐ry (?), a. Serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous; as, an expletory word. Bp. Burnet.

4546

Explicable

Ex″pli‐ca‐ble (?), a. [L. explicabilis: cf. F. explicable.] Capable of being explicated; that may be explained or accounted for; admitting explanation.It is not explicable upon ...

4547

Explicableness

Ex″pli‐ca‐ble‐ness, n. Quality of being explicable.

4548

Explicate

Ex″pli‐cate (?), a. [L. explicatus, p. p. of explicare.] Evolved; unfolded. Jer. Taylor.

4549

Explicate (2)

Ex″pli‐cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Explicated(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Explicating(?).] 1. To unfold; to expand; to lay open. “They explicate the leaves.” Blackmore.2. To unfold the ...

4550

Explication

Ex′pli‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. explicatio: cf. F. explication.] 1. The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation.The explication of our Savio...

4551

Explicative

Ex″pli‐ca‐tive (?), a. [Cf. F. explicatif.] Serving to unfold or explain; tending to lay open to the understanding; explanatory. Sir W. Hamilton.

4552

Explicator

Ex″pli‐ca′tor (?), n. One who unfolds or explains; an expounder; an explainer.

4553

Explicatory

Ex″pli‐ca′to‐ry (?), a. Explicative. Barrow.

4554

Explicit

‖Ex″pli‐cit (?). [LL., an abbreviation of explicitus (est liber) the book (which anciently was a roll of parchment) is unfolded (and, of course, “finished”). See Explicit, a.] A...

4555

Explicit (2)

Ex‐plic″it (?), a. [L. explicitus; p. p. of explicare to unfold: cf. F. explicite. SeeExplicate, Exploit.] 1. Not implied merely, or conveyed by implication; distinctly stated; ...

4556

Explicitly

Ex‐plic″it‐ly (?), adv. In an explicit manner; clearly; plainly; without disguise or reservation of meaning; not by inference or implication; as, he explicitly avows his intention.

4557

Explicitness

Ex‐plic″it‐ness, n. The quality of being explicit; clearness; directness. Jer. Taylor.

4558

Explode

Ex‐plode″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Exploded; p. pr. & vb. n.Exploding.] [L. explodere, explosum, to drive out, drive out a player by clapping; ex out+plaudere, plodere, to clap, ...

4559

Explode (2)

Ex‐plode″, v. t. 1. To drive from the stage by noisy expressions of disapprobation; to hoot off; to drive away or reject noisily; as, to explode a play.Him old and youngExploded...

4560

Explodent

Ex‐plod″ent (?), n. 1. An instrument or agent causing explosion; an exploder; also, an explosive.2. See Explosive, n., 2.

4561

Exploder

Ex‐plod″er (?), n. 1. One who or that which explodes.2. One who rejects an opinion or scheme with open contempt. South.

4562

Exploit

Ex‐ploit″ (?), n. [OE. esploit success, OF. esploit, espleit,revenue, product, vigor, force, exploit, F. exploit exploit, fr. L. explicitum, prop. p. p. neut. of explicare to un...

4563

Exploitation

Ex′ploi‐ta″tion (?), n. The act of exploiting or utilizing. J. D. Whitney.