explains

n a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation n a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem n the speech act of replying to a question n the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint

used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement

r used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement

(Hindu mythology) the warrior prince in the Bhagavad-Gita to whom Krishna explains the nature of being and of God and how humans can come to know God

One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas