Defn: Serving to explain; containing explanation; as explanatory notes. Swift.
EXPLAT; EXPLATE
Ex*plat", Ex*plate", v. t. Etym: [Pref. ex-+plat or plait.]
Defn: To explain; to unfold. [Obs.]
Like Solon's self explatest the knotty laws. B. Jonson.
EXPLETION
Ex*ple"tion, n. Etym: [L. expletio a satisfying. See Expletive.]
Defn: Accomplishment; fulfillment. [Obs.] Killingbeck.
EXPLETIVE Ex"ple*tive, a. Etym: [L. expletivus, from expletus, p.p. of explere to fill up; ex out+plere to fill, akin to plenus full: cf. F. explétif. See Full.]
Defn: Filling up; hence, added merely for the purpose of filling up; superfluous. "Expletive imagery." Hallam. Expletive phrases to plump his speech. Barrow.
EXPLETIVE
Ex"ple*tive, n.
Defn: A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath. While explectives their feeble aid to join, And ten low words oft creep in one dull line. Pope.
EXPLETIVELY
Ex"ple*tive*ly, adv.