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14 words match “EXPLICIT”

EXPLICIT a. 3 definitions
open to the understanding; clear; not obscure or ambiguous; express; unequivocal; as, an explicit declaration. The language of the charter was too explicit to admit of a doubt. Bancroft.
EXPLICITLY adv.
In an explicit manner; clearly; plainly; without disguise or reservation of meaning; not by inference or implication; as, he explicitly avows his intention.
EXPLICITNESS n.
The quality of being explicit; clearness; directness. Jer. Taylor.
INEXPLICIT a.
Not explicit; not clearly stated; indefinite; vague.
ALLUSION n.
A reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint.
DECLARATION n.
The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc.
DECLARE v. 2 definitions
To make known by language; to communicate or manifest explicitly and plainly in any way; to exhibit; to publish; to proclaim; to announce. This day I have begot whom I declare My only Son. Milton. The heavens declare the glory of God. Ps. xix. 1.
DECLAREDLY adv.
Avowedly; explicitly.
ECPHASIS n.
An explicit declaration.
FORTHRIGHTNESS n.
Straightforwardness; explicitness; directness. [Archaic] Dante's concise forthrightness of phrase. Hawthorne.
FUNCTION n.
sses the relation of the arc of an ellipse to the straight lines connected therewith. -- Explicit function, a quantity directly expressed in terms of the independently varying quantity; thus, in the equations y = 6x2, y = 10 -x3, the quantity y is an explicit function of x. -- Implicit function, a quantity whose rela…
INDEFINITE a.
Not definite; not limited, defined, or specified; not explicit; not determined or fixed upon; not precise; uncertain; vague; confused; obscure; as, an indefinite time, plan, etc. It were to be wished that . . . men would leave off that indefinite way of vouching, "the chymists say this," or "the chymists affirm that."…
NAY adv.
erely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition or substitution of a more explicit or more emphatic phrase.
POSITIVE a.
Definitely laid down; explicitly stated; clearly expressed; -- opposed to implied; as, a positive declaration or promise. Positive words, that he would not bear arms against King Edward's son. Bacon.