clarify
clarify is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate. To clarify his reason, and to rectify his will. South.
- 2.To glorify. [Obs.] Fadir, clarifie thi name. Wyclif (John ii. 28).
- 3.To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.
- 4.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is clarify.
- What is to make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate. To clarify his reason, and to rectify his will. South called?
- What is to glorify. [Obs.] Fadir, clarifie thi name. Wyclif (John ii. 28) called?
- What is to grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification called?
- What is 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 called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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