clarify

Verb
Synonyms: clear upelucidate

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. make clear and (more) comprehensible“clarify the mystery surrounding her death”Synonyms: clear upelucidate
  2. make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating“clarify the butter”“clarify beer”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

2.To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate. [1913 Webster]

To clarify his reason, and to rectify his will.— South.[1913 Webster]

3.To glorify. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Fadir, clarifie thi name.— Wyclif (John ii. 28).[1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

2.To grow clear or bright; to clear up. [1913 Webster]

Whosoever hath his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up in the discoursing with another.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

Clarify

<company> A software vendor, specialising in Customer Relationship Management software. Nortel Networks sold Clarify to Amdocs in 2002.

(http://amdocsclarify.com/).

(2003-06-20)

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