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CLARIFY
clarify
(verb) make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating; “clarify the butter”; “clarify beer”
clarify, clear up, elucidate
(verb) make clear and (more) comprehensible; “clarify the mystery surrounding her death”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
clarify (third-person singular simple present clarifies, present participle clarifying, simple past and past participle clarified)
(of liquids, such as wine or syrup) To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter
To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
(ergative) To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.
(ergative) To grow clear or bright; to clear up.
(obsolete) To glorify.
Synonyms
• explicitize, get something straight
Source: Wiktionary
Clar"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clarified; p. pr. & vb. n. Clarifying.] Etym: [F. clarifier, from L. clarificare; clarus clear + facere to make. See Clear, and Fact.]
1. To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or sirup. "Boiled and clarified." Ure.
2. To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate. To clarify his reason, and to rectify his will. South.
3. To glorify. [Obs.] Fadir, clarifie thi name. Wyclif (John ii. 28).
Clar"i*fy, v. i.
1. To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.
2. To grow clear or bright; to clear up. Whosoever hath his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up in the discoursing with another. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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