- 1. a. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. Source: opted
- 2. a. 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. Source: opted
- 3. v. i. To give an explanation. Source: opted
- 4. v. make plain and comprehensible Source: wordnet
- 5. v. serve as a reason or cause or justification of Source: wordnet
- 6. v:100 v. make plain and comprehensible v. define Source: ecdict
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