clarify
verbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈklæɹ.ɪ.faɪ//
- United Kingdom//ˈklæɹ.ə.faɪ//
- Canada//ˈklɛɹ.ɪ.faɪ//
- Canada//ˈklɛɹ.ə.faɪ//
- Australia//ˈklæɹ.ɪ.fɑɪ//
To make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity.
verb
- 1
To make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity.
What's the best way to clarify cooking oil?
Leave the wine for 24 hours and it will clarify.
- 2
To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity.
Please clarify what you mean by this.
Over time, the situation gradually clarified.
To clarify his reason, to rectify his will.
We assimilate cultural interpretations based on the value our cultural editors determine and the level of abundance we are allowed to have without violating tribal horizons. I should clarify that I am not suggesting that we are passive recipients of everything the cultural editors tell us about ourselves.
- 3
obsoleteTo glorify.
Etymology
From Middle English clarifien, from Old French clarifiier, from Latin clārificō, clārificāre; clārus (“clear”) + faciō, facere (“make”). Semantically clear + -ify.
Forms
- past tense
- clarified
- past participle
- clarified
- present participle
- clarifying
- third person singular
- clarifies
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