▪ I. † inexplicate, a. Obs.
(ɪnˈɛksplɪkət)
[in-3: cf. late L. inexplicāt-us unexplained, inexplicitus not unfolded.]
Not to be disentangled; very intricate; = inexplicable 1.
| 1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. vi. §102. 509 Hee built..an intricate Labyrinth at Woodstocke and therein bestowed this his pearle of esteeme, vnto whose closet (for the inexplicate windings) none could approach but the King himselfe. |
▪ II. † inˈexplicate, v. Obs. rare—1.
[Loosely or erroneously used for explicate v. 2 a.]
trans. To disentangle.
| 1653 E. Chisenhale Cath. Hist. 280 Alexander..doubting if he should not inexplicate it [the Gordian knot] that it might be reputed as an evidence..of his bad fortune to come, with his sword cut it asunder. |