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								make plain and comprehensible He explained the laws of physics to his students
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								define
 The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean
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								serve as a reason or cause or justification of
 Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again
 
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			| 1. Explain / Past explained
 2. Explain / Third Person
 explains
 3. Explain / Present Participle
 explaining
 
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