elucidate

e·lu·ci·date (-ls-dt)

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Verb	1.	elucidate – make clear and (more) comprehensible; “clarify the mystery surrounding her death” clarify, clear up demystify – make less mysterious or remove the mystery from; “let’s demystify the event by explaining what it is all about” crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, shed light on, sort out, crystallize, elucidate, illuminate, enlighten, straighten out, clear up, clear – make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; “Could you clarify these remarks?”; “Clear up the question of who is at fault” explain, explicate – make plain and comprehensible; “He explained the laws of physics to his students” elaborate, expatiate, expound, lucubrate, dilate, flesh out, exposit, enlarge, expand – add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; “She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation” disambiguate – state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from; “Can you disambiguate this statement?”
	2.	elucidate – make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; “Could you clarify these remarks?”; “Clear up the question of who is at fault” crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, shed light on, sort out, crystallize, illuminate, enlighten, straighten out, clear up, clear clarify, clear up, elucidate – make clear and (more) comprehensible; “clarify the mystery surrounding her death”