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Enucleate

ENU'CLEATE, v.t. [L. enucleo; e and nucleus, a kernel.] Properly, to take out the kernel. Hence, 1. To clear from knots or lumps, to clear from intricacy; to disentangle. 2. To open as a nucleus; hence, to exp...

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ENU'CLEATE, v.t. [L. enucleo; e and nucleus, a kernel.] Properly, to take out the kernel. Hence,

1. To clear from knots or lumps, to clear from intricacy; to disentangle.

2. To open as a nucleus; hence, to explain; to clear from obscurity; to make manifest.

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