a. [f. L. type *explicātōrius, f. explicātor: see prec. and -ORY.] Having the function of explaining. Const. of.
1625. Ussher, Answ. to Jesuit, 304. The like explicatorie repetition is noted also by the Interpreters to haue beene vsed by the Prophet.
a. 1677. Barrow, Serm. (1687), I. xxv. 337. Hereon therefore are grounded those Evangelical commands, explicatory of this Law as it now standeth in force.
1716. T. Vincent (title), Explicatory Catechism: or, an Explanation of the Assembly’s Shorter Catechism.
1870. Disraeli, Lothair, III. xi. 375. Making every allowance that a candid nature and an ingenious mind could suggest for explicatory circumstances.
1889. Spectator, 9 Nov., 632/1. They were compelled to wait for the correspondents’ full and explicatory accounts.
