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They probably meant: explicate — to give a detailed explanation of https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/explicate https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/explicate It seems like a relatively newer word in its usage: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=26&smoothing=7&case_insensitive=on&content=explicate&direct_url=t4%3B%2Cexplicate%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bexplicate%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BExplicate%3B%2Cc0 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?year_start=1800&year_e...