clarify

[Clar·i*fy]

Clarify means to clear up confusion and make it all understandable. In a heart breaking text, she clarified that she never ever wanted to see him again. It's also means to remove impurities in a liquid; you clarify butter by gently heating it.

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To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or sirup.

Verb
make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating; "clarify the butter"; "clarify beer"

Verb
make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"


v. t.
To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or sirup.

v. t.
To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.

v. t.
To glorify.

v. i.
To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.

v. i.
To grow clear or bright; to clear up.


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. 2. To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
To clarify his reason, and to rectify his will.
3. To glorify. [Obs.]
Fadir, clarifie thi name.

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. 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.

To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or sirup.

To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.

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Usage Examples

My image had always been very heterosexual, very straight. So it was a nice experience for me, a chance to clarify my own feelings about gay and lesbian civil rights.

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