1. (verb) make plain and comprehensible

• explain

2. (verb) elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

• develop
• formulate

1. (verb) make plain and comprehensible

• account for
• clarify
• clear up
• elucidate
• comment
• interpret
• rede
• naturalize

2. (verb) elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

• mature
• redevelop
• reformulate

1. (verb) make plain and comprehensible

• inform

2. (verb) elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

• conjecture
• hypothecate
• hypothesise
• hypothesize
• speculate
• suppose
• theorise
• theorize

1. (verb) make plain and comprehensible

• explanation
• explanatory
• explication
• explication

2. (verb) elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

• conceptualisation
• conceptualization
• formulation
• explication