explicit1 (eksplisit)

[= F.explicite =Sp. Pg. explicit (eks-pli explicito = It. esplicito, L. explicit us, pp. of ex plicare, unfold, explain, etc., the later pp. ex plicatus being more common: see explicate and exploit.] 1. Open to the understanding; expre ; clear; not obscure or ambiguous: opposed to implicit: as, explicit instructions. All that Leibnitz effected was therefore to render ex plicit what had been implicit in the argument of Locke. G. H. Lewes, Probs. of Life and Mind, I. 408. The language of the proposition was too explicit to admit of doubt. Bancroft. 2. Plain; open; unreserved; having no disguised meaning or reservation; outspoken: applied to persons: as, he was explicit in his terms. He that curses in his heart shall die the death of an ex plicit and bold blasphemer. They explicate the leaves and ripen food For the silk labourers of the mulberry wood. interpret. Sir R. Black more . He might have altered the shape of his argument, and explicated them better in single scenes. B. Jonson, Every Man out of his Humour, ii. 1. We may easily suppose him [Christ] to teach us many a new truth which we knew not, and to explicate to us many particulars of that estate which God designed for man in his first production, but yet did not then declare to him. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I., Pref., p. 14. There is no truth concerning God which is not explicated by truths of our own moral consciousne . Bushnell, Forgivene and Law, p. 14. For a logic mainly concerned with inference-i. e., with explicating what is implicated in any given statements concerning cla es - there is nothing more to be done but to ascertain agreements or disagreements. J. Ward, Encyc. Brit., XX. 78. II. in trans. To give an explanation. nous. Let him explicate who hath resembl'd the whole argument to a Comedy, for Tragic all, he sayes, were too omi Milton , Apology for Smectymnuus. explicate (eks'pli-kāt), (eks'pli-kāt), a . [L. explicatus , pp.: see the verb.] Unfolded; explicated. Thus was his person made tangible, and his name utterable, and his mercy brought home to our nece ities, and the mystery made explicate , at the circumcision of this holy babe. Jer. Taylor , Great Exemplar, i. § 5. explication (eks-pli-ka's hon), n. [= F. expli cation = Sp. explicacion = Pg. explicação = It. esplicazione, Theology may be described as the explication and articulation of the idea of God, or the interpretation of Nature, Man, and History, through that idea. Contemporary Rev. , LI. 203. 2. Explanation; especially, an exposition of the meaning of any sentence or pa age. The exposition and explication of authors, which resteth in annotations and commentaries. Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 256. Explications of every material difficulty in the text, in notes at the bottom of each page. Goldsmith , Criticisms. meaning of the person who utters them, and in which there is no ambiguity or disguise. = Syn. Explicit, Expre ; definite, determinate, positive, categorical, unambiguous, unmistakable. Explicit means clear and definite; expre means clear, definite, and emphatic. Explicit (literally, unfolded) directions are detailed enough to leave no room for mistake. An expre prohibition is one that is clearly and emphatically laid down. If you place yourselves as I directed, you shall hear his explicit declaration. Goldsmith , She Stoops to Conquer, v. An expre command, under penalty, to deliver his head in the view of Angelo. Shak., M. for M., iv. 2. explicit2 (eks'pli-sit), v. impers. [Orig.an abbr. of L. explicit us ( est liber ), the book is unfolded or ended: explicit us, pp. of explicare, unfold, arrange; but later understood as a 3d sing. pres. ind.: see second extract.] It is finished or completed: a word formerly inserted at the conclusion of a book, in the same way as finis. See etymology. The Liber Festival is of Caxton concludes with " Ex plicit : Emprynted at Westminster, ., meeeclxxxiij." Johnson. The title of the work was written at the end of the roll; and at the same place was recorded the number of columns and lines, στίχοι , which it contained probably for the purpose of estimating the price. To roll and unroll was εἰλεῖν and ἐξειλεῖν, plicare and explicare ; the work unrolled and read to the end was the liber explicit us . Hence comes the common explicit written at the end of a work; and from the analogy of incipit liber in titles, the word was afterward taken for a verb, and appears in such phrases as explicit liber , explicit , expliceat , . Encyc, Brit ., XVIII. 144. explicitly (eks-plis'it-li), adv. Plainly; without disguise or reservation of meaning; not by inference or implication; clearly; unmistakably: as, he explicitly avows his intention. explicitne (eks-plis'it-nes), n. The quality of being explicit; plainne of language or statement; direct expre ion of knowledge, views, or intention, without reserve or ambiguity; outspokenne . explode explode (eks-plōd'), v.; pret. and pp. exploded, ppr. exploding. [= It. esplodere = G. explodi ren = Dan. explodere = Sw. exploder a, or an actor. That which one admires another explodes as most absurd and ridiculous. Burton , Anat. of Mel., To the Reader, p. 22. I am, therefore, in the first place, to acknowledge with all manner of gratitude their civility, who were pleased not to explode an entertainment which was designed to please them. Dryden, Don Sebastian, Pref. He was universally exploded and hi ed off the stage. Æsop's Fables (ed. c. 1720). 2. To destroy the repute or demonstrate the fallacy of; disprove or bring into discredit or contempt; do away with: as, an exploded custom; an exploded hypothesis. I shall talk very freely on a custom which all men wish exploded . Steele, Tatler, No. 25. Some late authors have thought that this [Mount Tabor] was not the place of the transfiguration; but as the tradition has been so universal, their opinion is generally ex ploded. Pococke , Description of the East, II. 1. 65. Old exploded contrivances of mercantile error. Burke. 3. To cause to burst suddenly and noisily into an expanded or gaseous state, or into fragments, as gunpowder or the like, a steam-boiler, etc. See II. Some of these experiments [on guncotton] are made by exploding under water equal weights of the same substances under identical circumstances. Ure , Dict., II. 761. 4. To drive out with sudden violence and noise. But late the kindled powder did explode The ma y ball. Sir R. Black more . 5. In physiol., to cause to break out or burst forth; bring into sudden action or manifestation; develop rapidly and violently. From some peculiar neurotic state, either induced by alcohol, or existing before alcohol was used, or exploded by this drug, profound suspension of memory sciousne and literal paralysis of certain brain-functions follow. Pop. Sci . Mo., XXVI. 189. II. in trans. 1. To burst with force and noise, as gunpowder or an elastic fluid, through suddenly developed chemical reaction, as from the application of fire or friction. Chloride of nitrogen, when covered with a film of water, explodes with great violence when brought into contact with a decomposing agent. Ure, Dict., II. 321. 2. To be broken up suddenly with a loud report by an internal force; fly into pieces with violence and noise from any cause, as a boiler from exce ive pre ure of steam, a bombshell from the expansion of its charge by heat, or a wheel from too rapid revolution.-3. To burst noisily into sudden activity; break out with loud noise from some internal force, or into violent outery or speech, as from emotion: as, a geyser which explodes at regular intervals; to explode explode with rage or with laughter. No lack of customers beating their bosoms and exploding with incredulity at the prices demanded. T. B. Aldrich , Ponkapog to Pesth, p. 241. 4. In physiol ., to break out or burst forth; become suddenly manifest in operation or effect. 2083 dicial act, writ, execution, seizure, revenue, profit, products of land ( esplees, q. v.), contr. of L. explicitum, neut. of L. explicit us, pp. of explicare, unfold, display, arrange, settle, adjust, regulate, etc.: see explicate, and cf. plait, pleat.] 1. Achievement; performance; usually, a deed or act of some exceptional or remarkable kind; a conspicuous performance; more especially, a spirited or heroic act; a great or noble achievement: as, the exploits of Alexander, of Cæsar, of Wellington. He seem'd For dignity composed and high exploit . Milton , P. L., ii. 111. His own exploits with boastful glee he told, What ponds he emptied and what pikes he sold. Crabbe, Works, I. 101. Looking back with sad admiration on exploits of youthful lustihood which could be enacted no more. Prof. Blackie. The recovery of Acre from the forces of the King of Na. ples was the one brilliant exploit of a long and otherwise unhappy reign. Stubbs , Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 181. 21. Advantage; benefit. The sail goth up and forth they straught, But none esploit therof they caught. Gower, Conf. Amant., II. 258. =Syn. 1. Deed , Feat , etc. See feat1 . exploit (eks-ploit'), v. [ exploiten , esploiten, also expleiten , espleiten (see explait ), esploiter , later exploicter , earlier espleiter , perform, despatch, execute, achieve, etc., mod. F. exploiter , cultivate, farm, work, grow, etc., = Pr. expleitar , explectar , espleyar , explechar , explictare , execute: from the noun.] I. trans. 1t. To achieve; accomplish. There a man may see well and diligently exploited and furnished, not only those things which husbandmen do commonly in other countries, as by craft and cunning to remedy the barrenne of the ground - but also a whole wood by the hands of the people plucked up by the roots in one place, and set again in another place. Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), ii. 7. He made haste to exploit some warlike service. Holland . explore count: as, the exploitation of a mine or a forest, of public opinion, etc. Joint stock companies, or a ociations of capital, are now very advantageously employed for the exploitation of different branches of industry. J. C. Brown, Reboisement in France, p. 201. Specifically-2. The act of exploiting solely for one's own purposes or advantage; selfish use or employment, regardle of abstract right; self-seeking utilization: as, the exploitation of the weak by the strong, or of the laborer by the capitalist. Also exploitage . Marx holds that the system of piece payment is so prone to abuse that when one door of exploitation shuts another only opens, and legislation will always remain ineffectual. Rae , Contemp. Socialism, p. 166. All who voluntarily engage in the exploitation of man by man, or of race by race, as opposed to the service of the common weal, are slave-drivers at heart. Westminster Rev., CXXV. 374.