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Clarify
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What's The Definition Of Clarify?
[v] make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating; "clarify the butter"; "clarify beer"
[v] make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death" Synonyms | Synonyms for Clarify: clear up | elucidate Related Terms | Find terms related to Clarify: account for | allegorize | analyze | bolt | break down | clean | cleanse | clear | clear up | crack | decipher | decrassify | define | delineate | demonstrate | demythologize | depurate | disembroil | disentangle | disintricate | disinvolve | distill | edulcorate | elucidate | elute | enlighten | essentialize | euhemerize | exemplify | explain | explain away | explicate | exposit | expound | extract | filter | filtrate | formulate | get across | get over | give reason for | give the meaning | illuminate | illustrate | leach | lixiviate | make clear | make it clear | make plain | percolate | popularize | purify | put across | put over | rationalize | ravel | rectify | refine | screen | separate | shed light upon | show | show how | show the way | sieve | sift | simplify | solve | sort out | spell out | spiritualize | straighten out | strain | sublimate | sublime | throw light upon | try | unbraid | unclutter | uncoil | unfold | unknot | unlock | unmix | unravel | unscramble | unsnarl | untangle | unthread | untwine | untwist | unweave | unwind | vulgarize | winnow See Also | alter | change | clear | crystalise | crystalize | crystallise | crystallize | demystify | dilate | disambiguate | elaborate | enlarge | enlighten | expand | expatiate | explain | explicate | exposit | expound | flesh out | illuminate | lucubrate | shed light on | sort out | straighten out Clarify In Webster's Dictionary \Clar"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clarified}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Clarifying}.] [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. |
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