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verb

• make plain and comprehensible

• define

• serve as a reason or cause or justification of

62%9Whys and wherefores
noun

• (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)

62%7Whys and wherefores
noun

• the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior

• a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music

• a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration

adjective satellite

• causing or able to cause motion

• impelling to action

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