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Clarify


CLARIFY, verb transitive

1. To make clear; to purify from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; applied particularly to liquors; as, to clarify wine, or syrup.

2. To make clear; to brighten or illuminate; applied to the mind or reason.

CLARIFY, verb intransitive

1. To clear up; to grow clear or bright.

His understanding clarifies, in discoursing with another.

2. To grow or become clear or fine; to become pure, as liquors. Cider clarifies by fermentation.