explicative
[adjective]
Synonyms: explanatory, exegetic, explanative, explicatory, expositional, expositive, expository, interpretive

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Related Words: annotative, exemplificative, scholiastic

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explicative adjective & noun. [ɪk'splɪkǝtɪv, ɛk-, 'ɛksplɪkǝtɪv] E17.
[French explicatif, from expliquer explain, from Latin explicare: see EXPLICATE, -IVE.]
A. adjective.
1. Expansive. rare. Only in E17.

2. Explanatory, interpretative; spec. in Logic (of a judgement), that explains the predicate from analysis of the subject. M17.
b. noun. An explicative term or phrase. L18.

■ explicatively adverb M18.

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