explicit Copy link Outline 1. explĭcātus (fully and clearly written or spoken)2. ăpertus3. expr. by adv. dĭsertē • explicit: 1. explĭcātus (fully and clearly written or spoken): cf. Cic. Att. 9, 7, init. (nihil explicatius, nihil uberius): Aug. 2. ăpertus: v. clear, open. 3. expr. by adv. dĭsertē: v. foll. art. Phr.: he was very e. in his refusal, aperte, sine fuco et fallaciis negavit, cf. Cic. Att. 1, 1, init.; *minime tergiversando negavit (v. to evade).