Explain

v. t.	1.	To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. [imp. & p. p. Explained(ĕks*plānd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Explaining.] The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its leaf. - Evelyn.
	2.	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. Commentators to explain the difficult passages to you. - Gay. To explain away to get rid of by explanation. - Pope.
v. i.	1.	To give an explanation.

Verb	1.	explain - make palin and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students" Synonyms: explicate
	2.	explain - define; "The committe explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean"
	3.	explain - serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce amy explain her reluctance to date again" Synonyms: excuse

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