Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for E-NU'CLE-ATE
E-NU'CLE-ATE, v.t. [L. enucleo; e and nucleus, a kernel. Properly, to take out the kernel. Hence,]
- To clear from knots or lumps; to clear from intricacy; to disentangle. Tooke.
- To open as a nucleus; hence, to explain; to clear from obscurity; to make manifest. Good.
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