Word Meanings - ANTITYPICAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to an antitype; explaining the type. -- An`ti*typ"ic*al*ly, adv.

ANTITYPE
That of which the type pattern or representation; that which is represented by the type or symbol.
EXPLAIN
out+plandare to make level or plain, planus plain: cf. OF. esplaner, 1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its leaf. Evelyn. 2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear
PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
EXPLAINABLE
Capable of being explained or made plain to the understanding; capable of being interpreted. Sir. T. Browne.
EXPLAINER
One who explains; an expounder or expositor; a commentator; an interpreter.
SELF-EXPLAINING
Explaining itself; capable of being understood without explanation.
INEXPLAINABLE
Incapable of being explained; inexplicable.
APPERTAIN
To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach