1.
[syn: clarify, clear up, elucidate]
2. make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating;
- Example: "clarify the butter"
- Example: "clarify beer"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clarify \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.
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2. To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or
illuminate.
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To clarify his reason, and to rectify his will.
--South.
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3. To glorify. [Obs.]
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Fadir, clarifie thi name. --Wyclif (John
ii. 28).
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clarify \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.
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2. To grow clear or bright; to clear up.
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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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
clarify
v 1: make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery
surrounding her death" [syn: clarify, clear up,
elucidate] [ant: obfuscate]
2: make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating;
"clarify the butter"; "clarify beer"
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
Clarify
A software vendor, specialising in Customer
Relationship Management software. Nortel Networks sold
Clarify to Amdocs in 2002.
(http://amdocsclarify.com/).
(2003-06-20)