'Clarifying' definitions:
Definition of 'clarifying'
(from WordNet)
adjective
That makes clear; "a clarifying example" [syn: clarifying, elucidative]
Definition of 'Clarifying'
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]