Bible Dictionaries
Explain

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand.

(2):

(a.) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible.

(3):

(v. i.) To give an explanation.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Explain'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/explain.html. 1828.