elucidate
Verb
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Make clear and (more) comprehensible (synset 200941888)
"clarify the mystery surrounding her death"subtypes:
- demystify - make less mysterious or remove the mystery from
- clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out - make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate - add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
- disambiguate - state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from
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Make free from confusion or ambiguity;
Make clear (synset 200622730)"Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"same as: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out
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