| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Spreading or extending outwardly in a flat form.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb explanately.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (explanately) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective explanate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "EXPLANATE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Explanate \Ex"pla*nate\, adjective. [Latin expression explanatus, past participle of explanare. See Explain.]. (references) |
