“illucidate”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

illucidate

释义

illucidate, v. rare.|ɪˈl(j)uːsɪdeɪt|
[Formed, after L. ēlūcidāre to elucidate, with prefix il-¹, either by phonetic confusion of the two prefixes, or to impart the force of ‘on, upon’, as in L. illūcēre, illūmināre to shine on.]
trans. To shed light upon; to make clear, clear up, elucidate.
a1545Boorde Pronost. Prol. in Introd. Knowl. (1870) Forewords 25 Astronomy doth illucydat all the other lyberal sciences.1656Blount Glossogr., Illucidate, to enlighten or give light, to cleer, or explicate cleerly.1833Sir W. Hamilton Discuss. (1852) 173 The instance adduced to illucidate the one method.
Hence illuciˈdation, the action of throwing light upon something; iˈllucidative a., tending to throw light upon something.
1658Phillips, Illucidation, a giving light, also an explaining or making clear.1848Talfourd Lamb's Final Mem. vii. 256 The following may..be added to these, as illucidative of his too brief raptures.

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