v. t.
n. [ Cf. F. élucidation. ] A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration;
a. Making clear; tending to elucidate;
n. One who explains or elucidates; an expositor. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Tending to elucidate; elucidative. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ L. eluctatus, p. p. of eluctari to struggle out; e + luctari to wrestle. ] To struggle out; -- with out. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hacket. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. eluctatio. ] A struggling out of any difficulty. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ L. elucubratus, p. p. of elucubrare to compose by lamplight. ] See Lucubrate. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. élucubration. ] See Lucubration. [ Obs. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain,
Then, hid in shades, eludes he eager swain. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
The transition from fetichism to polytheism seems a gradual process of which the stages elude close definition. Tylor.