Definition of Explein
Ex*plain" (&ebreve;ks*plān"), v.
t. [imp. & p. p. Explained(-
plānd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Explaining.]
[L. explandare to flatten, spread out, explain; ex out
+ plandare to make level or plain, planus plain: cf.
OF. esplaner, explaner. See
Plain,a., and cf. Esplanade.]
1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to
expand. [Obs.]
The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain
its leaf. Evelyn.
2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible;
to clear of obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the
meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible.
Commentators to explain the difficult passages
to you. Gay.
To explain away, to get rid of by
explanation. "Those explain the meaning quite
away." Pope.
Syn. -- To expound; interpret; elucidate; clear up.
Ex*plain", v. i. To give an
explanation.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- To give a sufficiently detailed report about (a) the reason for something, about why something happened, about a causal chain of events; about (b) how something works, about how elements in a system interact; about (c) how to do something, about the steps which need to be accomplished in order to accomplish a certain goal.
- To give a valid excuse for some past behavior.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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