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elucidated

elucidated adjective: having been made clear or well-understood. Also the simple past and past participle of elucidate.

Adjective

elucidated (comparative more elucidated, superlative most elucidated)

  1. Having been made clear or well-understood.
    • As the Phylloxera question, however, became more and more elucidated, and as the means of defense against this scourge became reduced to a practical basis , the work of the station became directed more and more toward other noxious insects.1892, Charles Valentine Riley, Leland Ossian Howard, Insect Life, page 79
    • He was sympathetic with my suspicions, but he was glad that he hadn't been responsible for this particular effort at elucidation. I could understand his point. I didn't feel very elucidated.2016, Michael Z. Lewin, The Silent Salesman

Also used as

elucidated is also the simple past and past participle of elucidate.

Forms of elucidated

comparativemore elucidated
superlativemost elucidated

Words formed from elucidated

Questions about elucidated

What does elucidated mean?
Elucidated means having been made clear or well-understood.
What part of speech is elucidated?
Elucidated is an adjective.

Words near elucidated in the dictionary

  1. eluants
  2. eluate
  3. eluated
  4. eluates
  5. elucidate
  6. elucidated
  7. elucidates
  8. elucidatest
  9. elucidateth
  10. elucidating
  11. elucidatingly

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