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Clarify

 [klar-uh-fahy]   Origin

clar·i·fy

   [klar-uh-fahy] verb, -fied, -fy·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
2.
to remove solid matter from (a liquid); to make into a clear or pellucid liquid.
3.
to free (the mind, intelligence, etc.) from confusion; revive: The short nap clarified his thoughts.
verb (used without object)
4.
to become clear, pure, or intelligible: The political situation clarified.

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French clarifier < Late Latin clārificāre, equivalent to Latin clār(us) clear + -ificāre -ify

Related forms
clar·i·fi·ca·tion, noun
clar·i·fi·er, noun
non·clar·i·fi·ca·tion, noun
non·clar·i·fied, adjective
un·clar·i·fied, adjective
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un·clar·i·fy·ing, adjective
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Synonyms
1. explain, illuminate, elucidate, resolve.

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clarify (ˈklærɪˌfaɪ)
 
—vb , -fies, -fying, -fied
1.  to make or become clear or easy to understand
2.  to make or become free of impurities
3.  to make (fat, butter, etc) clear by heating, etc, or (of fat, etc) to become clear as a result of such a process
 
[C14: from Old French clarifier, from Late Latin clārificāre, from Latin clārus clear + facere to make]
 
clarifi'cation
 
—n
 
'clarifier
 
—n

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clarify
early 14c., from O.Fr. clarifier, from L. clarificare "to make clear," from L. clarus "famous, clear" (from clarare) + root of facere "to make, do" (see factitious).
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Clarify definition

company
A software vendor, specialising in Customer Relationship Management software. Nortel Networks sold Clarify to Amdocs in 2002.
(http://amdocsclarify.com/).
(2003-06-20)

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