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verb

Clarify v. t. (past & past part. clarified; pres. part. clarifying)

To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; said of liquids, as wine or sirup. "Boiled and clarified."

To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate. "To clarify his reason, and to rectify his will."

To glorify. (Obs.) "Fadir, clarifie thi name."

Clarify v. i.

To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.

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."

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Etymology of 'Clarify'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... too little. Frequently, teachers try to question from pupils what they could not be expected to know. Further, it is possible by too much questioning to cover up the point of the lesson rather than reveal it, and to mystify the pupils rather than clarify their ideas. These are the two main abuses of the device. After all, it should be remembered that, important as good questioning undoubtedly is, it is not the only thing in lesson technique. In teaching, as elsewhere, variety is the spice of life. Sympathy, sincerity, enthusiasm ...

— Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education • Ontario Ministry of Education

... of St. Paul and of Augustine, and from them was led to conclude that man was incapable, in the sight of God, of any good works whatsoever, and could only be saved by faith in God's promises. This gave him much comfort, but it took him years to clarify his ideas and to reach the conclusion that the existing Church was opposed to the idea of justification by faith, because it fostered what seemed to him a delusive confidence in "good works." He was thirty-seven ...

— An Introduction to the History of Western Europe • James Harvey Robinson

... 9. Clarify with egg, and filter as for nutrient agar. (In clarifying, after the addition of the egg white the mixture should be in the steamer ...

— The Elements of Bacteriological Technique • John William Henry Eyre

... his thesis in my hand and be interrupted in my reading by Mr. Cornell offering his glass of cordial; then I should like to nod and slip off mentally into a deep sleep. Possibly in that sleep the dream may come which will clarify the whole situation. Will you humour me ...

— Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes - Detective Stories • Various

... best way to clarify vinegar is with isinglass. It is first broken up, then swelled for a day in vinegar (17 or 18 grammes to the liter), then 2 liters of vinegar are added and the mass boiled until the isinglass is completely dissolved. Such ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 • Various

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