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v. define; "The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean"

v. make plain and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students"

v. serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again"

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elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate

v. 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"

proclaim, exclaim, promulgate

v. state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty"

promulgate

v. put a law into effect by formal declaration

apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise

v. defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"

account for

v. be the reason or explanation for; "The recession accounts for the slow retail business"

enlighten, edify

v. make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal"

train, develop, prepare, educate

v. create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"

expand

v. make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing"

augment

v. grow or intensify; "The pressure augmented"

distend

v. cause to expand as it by internal pressure; "The gas distended the animal's body"

enlarge

v. become larger or bigger

increase

v. become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"

manifest

v. reveal its presence or make an appearance; "the ghost manifests each year on the same day"

exemplify, illustrate, instance

v. clarify by giving an example of

define

v. determine the nature of; "What defines a good wine?"

translate, transform

v. change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil"

transpose

v. change key; "Can you transpose this fugue into G major?"

paraphrase, rephrase, reword

v. express the same message in different words

simplify

v. make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent; "We had to simplify the instructions"; "this move will simplify our lives"

clarify, make clear

v. make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"

subtend, delimit

v. be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry

illuminate

v. add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)

decipher, decode, decrypt

v. read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"

decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate

v. bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"

reveal

v. disclose directly or through prophets; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind"

clear, crystallize, clear up, straighten out, illuminate, clarify, make clear, shed light on, enlighten, elucidate, make pellucid, sort out

v. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"

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