clarifying

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clarifying - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     2. To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or
        illuminate.
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              To clarify his reason, and to rectify his will.
                                                    --South.
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     3. To glorify. [Obs.]
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              Fadir, clarifie thi name.             --Wyclif (John
                                                    ii. 28).
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clarifying - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  clarifying
      adj 1: that makes clear; "a clarifying example" [syn:
             clarifying, elucidative]