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explain

/ɛkˈspleɪn/
verb
  1. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.

    "To explain a chapter of the Bible."

  2. To give a valid excuse for past behavior.

  3. To make flat, smooth out.

Synonymselaborate, expound, recce

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