“...elucidate...”
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To make (something) clear; explain.
That is an exceptionally nice word and I hope to be able to recall it later.
One of the reasons I so enjoy FR!
The natural disposition is always to believe. It is acquired wisdom and experience only that teach incredulity, and they very seldom teach it enough. The wisest and most cautious of us all frequently gives credit to stories which he himself is afterwards both ashamed and astonished that he could possibly think of believing. — Adam Smith, Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759). . . in consequence of which we each need to pool our (individually inadequate) resources of “incredulity.” And for that I find FR indispensable.Socialists trade in cynicism and naiveté; conservatives deal instead in skepticism.
Naiveté and cynicism are in one sense opposites - but they have in common a certain lack of doubt. Conservatives are skeptical enough about society to admit the need of government - but skeptical enough of government to be on the constant lookout for the need - and the means - to curtail its size.