Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Explicate /ĕk'-splək-ātˌ/ · Ex·pli·cate · IPA /ˈek.splɪˌkæɪt/ a. v. t. 01 a. Evolved; unfolded. 1. Evolved; unfolded. 02 v. t. To unfold; to expand; to lay open. imp. & p. p. Explicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Explicating 1. To unfold; to expand; to lay open.[Obs.] 2. To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret. “The last verse of his last satire is not yet sufficiently explicated.” — Dryden.