To give a valid excuse for past behavior.
To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
To make something plain or intelligible.
To recover from (a difficulty), to get over
To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
To prevail.
To win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
To come or pass over; to spread over.
The burden or recurring theme in a song.
A surplus.