Part 4068

<h1>Expiscation</h1> <Xpage=528>

<hw>Ex`pis*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of expiscating; a fishing.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Expiscatory</h1> <Xpage=528>

<hw>Ex*pis"ca*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending to fish out; searching out</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Carlyle.</i>

<h1>Explain</h1> <Xpage=528>

<hw>Ex*plain"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Explained</er><tt>(?)</tt>;<tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Explaining</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>explandare</ets> to flatten, spread out, explain; <ets>ex</ets> out+<ets>plandare</ets> to make level or plain, <ets>planus</ets> plain: cf. OF. <ets>esplaner</ets>, <ets>explaner</ets>. See <er>Plain</er>,<tt>a.</tt>, and cf. <er>Esplanade</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to <b>explain</b> its leaf. <i>Evelyn.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the meaning of; <as>as, to <ex>explain</ex> a chapter of the Bible</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Commentators to <b>explain</b> the difficult passages to you. <i>Gay.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To explain away</col>, <cd>to get rid of by explanation. "Those <i>explain<i> the meaning quite "<i>away<i>."</cd></cs>

<i>Pope.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- To expound; interpret; elucidate; clear up.</syn>

<h1>Explain</h1> <Xpage=528>

<hw>Ex*plain"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To give an explanation.</def>

<h1>Explainable</h1> <Xpage=528>

<hw>Ex*plain"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>explainabilis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being explained or made plain to the understanding; capable of being interpreted.</def>

<i>Sir. T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Explainer</h1> <Xpage=528>

<hw>Ex*plain"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who explains; an expounder or expositor; a commentator; an interpreter.</def>

<h1>Explanate</h1> <Xpage=528>

<hw>Ex"pla*nate</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>explanatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>explanare</ets>. See <er>Explain</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot. & Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Spreading or extending outwardly in a flat form.</def>

<h1>Explanation</h1> <Xpage=528>

<hw>Ex`pla*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>explanatio</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>esplanation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; <as>as, the <ex>explanation</ex> of a passage in Scripture, or of a contract or treaty</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which explains or makes clear; <as>as, a satisfactory <ex>explanation</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The meaning attributed to anything by one who explains it; definition; inerpretation; sense.</def>

<blockquote>Different <b>explanations</b> [of the Trinity]. <i>Bp. Burnet.</i></blockquote>