Noah Webster
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.