ex-plain / ikˈsplān
verb
to make plain and understandable If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough. Albert Einstein, 1879-1955 to provide reason or cause for Never explain – your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915 to interpret or assign meaning to No power of genius has ever yet had the smallest success in explaining existence. Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882 to make known Don’t waste your time explaining who you are to people who are committed to misunderstanding you. Common Saying