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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Cf. F.

explicatif

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

Sir W. Hamilton.

explicative ‎(comparative more explicative, superlative most explicative)

Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
The witness was explicative in explaining to the police what he saw.

explicative