ELUCIDATE in a Sentence

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And when the auditor had asserted his non-comprehension, he would proceed to elucidate by some new proposition, yet more appalling.

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 Meanings and Examples of ELUCIDATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
elucidate
 v.  make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify
Classic Sentence:
1  All these particulars are faithfully narrated here, as they will not fail to elucidate several most important, however intricate passages, in scenes hereafter to be painted.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 63. The Crotch.
2  And when the auditor had asserted his non-comprehension, he would proceed to elucidate by some new proposition, yet more appalling.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 31
3  It was not a council of war, but, as it were, a council to elucidate certain questions for the Emperor personally.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER X
4  This seems to have been a day of general elucidation, for this very morning first unfolded it to us.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 30
5  And he saw other things too in her manner: saw how it had adjusted itself to the hidden intricacies of a situation in which, even after Mrs. Fisher's elucidating flashes, he still felt himself agrope.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 1
6  The right whale will be elsewhere treated of at some length, with reference to elucidating the sperm whale.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32. Cetology.
7  What I mean by these two statements may perhaps be respectively elucidated by the following examples.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 42. The Whiteness of The Whale.
8  There was something so piquant and original in these elucidations of humanity, that Mr. Shelby could not help laughing in company.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
Example Sentence:
1  You have not understood; allow me to elucidate.
2  The object is to addle and not to elucidate.
3  Haig went on to elucidate his personal principle of war.
4  Please elucidate the reasons for your decision.
5  He was called upon to elucidate the disputed points in his article.
6  Their objectives and methods require further elucidation.
7  The scientist elucidated his theory by three simple demonstrations.