threw light up on (verb) explain: make clear; give a reason for
Detalii: explicate also contains the implication that the something of which an account is being given is more complicated or detailed - so while one may explain why a child is crying, one would explicate the meaning of a poem or implications of a legal document; early senses of explain were 'smooth out' and 'spread flat'
Sinonime: account for,
analyze,
annotate,
break down,
bring out,
clarify, clear up,
construe,
decipher,
define,
demonstrate,
describe, diagram,
disclose,
elucidate,
excuse,
explicate,
expound, get across, go into detail,
illustrate,
interpret,
justify, make plain,
manifest, paraphrase,
point out, put across, put in plain English,
rationalize,
read,
refine,
render,
resolve,
reveal, set right,
solve, spell out,
teach,
tell, throw light upon,
translate,
unfold,
unravel, untangle
Antonime: be vague,
complicate,
confuse, mystify,
obscure,
perplex