Talk:elucidate

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Sense2 = To disambiguate. disambiguate: might be suitable to include in the list of synonyms here, but I don't see it as full-fledged separate sense for the term elucidate:. -- WikiPedant 00:53, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
 * This raises the possibility of flummoxing users by making them look up troponym and all the better since they have to type it into the search box. I do believe that "disambiguating" is a means of "elucidating". DCDuring TALK 01:44, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
 * ... but no more so than other synonyms? Explaining, setting out in detail, disambiguating, etc. are all ways in which one can elucidate, but they are not different senses of the word, just examples of clarifying.   D b f  i  r  s   12:03, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Fails. Mglovesfun (talk) 06:44, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

To enlighten?
Is to enlighten synonymous to elucidate? Nederlandse Leeuw (talk) 22:52, 29 July 2012 (UTC)


 * No: you enlighten a person (about a topic), but you elucidate a topic. Equinox ◑ 22:59, 29 July 2012 (UTC)