EXPLICATE (2)

Ex″pli‐cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Explicated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Explicating(?).] 1. 1. To unfold; to expand; to lay open. “They explicate the leaves.” Blackmore.
2. 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.