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TO EXPLAIN AWAY

Definition: TO EXPLAIN AWAY

TO EXPLAIN AWAY

1. To get rid of by explanation. ``Those explain the meaning quite away.'' --Pope. Syn: To expound; interpret; elucidate; clear up.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: TO EXPLAIN AWAY

English words defined with "TO EXPLAIN AWAY": away. (references)

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Modern Translation: TO EXPLAIN AWAY

Language Translations for "TO EXPLAIN AWAY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

kimagyaráz vmit. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

言い逃れる (to talk one's way out of), 言い抜ける (to answer evasively), 丸める (to cajole, to curl up, to make round, to roll up, to round off, to seduce). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

まるめる (to cajole, to curl up, to make round, to roll up, to round off, to seduce), いいのがれる (to talk one's way out of), いいぬける (to answer evasively). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay explainay awayay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TO EXPLAIN AWAY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-e-i-l-n-o-p-t-w-x-y"

-5 letters: antipole, laxation, palatine, panatela, penality, ponytail, talapoin, waxplant.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TO EXPLAIN AWAY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      45 58 50 4C 41 49 4E      41 57 41 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01000101 01011000 01010000 01001100 01000001 01001001 01001110 00100000 01000001 01010111 01000001 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#69 &#88 &#80 &#76 &#65 &#73 &#78 &#32 &#65 &#87 &#65 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0045 0058 0050 004C 0041 0049 004E      0041 0057 0041 0059

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5449239585046354348235573559

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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