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EXPLICATIVE

\ɛksplˈɪkətˌɪv], \ɛksplˈɪkətˌɪv], \ɛ_k_s_p_l_ˈɪ_k_ə_t_ˌɪ_v]\

Definitions of EXPLICATIVE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

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

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Having a tendency to explain.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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