'Clarify' definitions:
Definition of 'clarify'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Clarify'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Clarify'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'clarify'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account for,
- allegorize,
- analyze,
- bolt,
- break down,
- clean,
- cleanse,
- clear,
- clear up,
- crack,
- decipher,
- decrassify,
- define,
- delineate,
- demonstrate,
- demythologize,
- depurate,
- disembroil,
- disentangle,
- disintricate,
- disinvolve,
- distill,
- edulcorate,
- elucidate,
- elute,
- enlighten,
- essentialize,
- euhemerize,
- exemplify,
- explain,
- explain away,
- explicate,
- exposit,
- expound,
- extract,
- filter,
- filtrate,
- formulate,
- get across,
- get over,
- give reason for,
- give the meaning,
- illuminate,
- illustrate,
- leach,
- lixiviate,
- make clear,
- make it clear,
- make plain,
- percolate,
- popularize,
- purify,
- put across,
- put over,
- rationalize,
- ravel,
- rectify,
- refine,
- screen,
- separate,
- shed light upon,
- show,
- show how,
- show the way,
- sieve,
- sift,
- simplify,
- solve,
- sort out,
- spell out,
- spiritualize,
- straighten out,
- strain,
- sublimate,
- sublime,
- throw light upon,
- try,
- unbraid,
- unclutter,
- uncoil,
- unfold,
- unknot,
- unlock,
- unmix,
- unravel,
- unscramble,
- unsnarl,
- untangle,
- unthread,
- untwine,
- untwist,
- unweave,
- unwind,
- vulgarize,
- winnow