(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:33:21

Ex"pli*ca*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. explicatif.]

Serving to unfold or explain; tending to lay open to the understanding; explanatory.

Sir W. Hamilton.

 

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