clarifier

[klar-uh-fahy]

clar·i·fy

[klar-uh-fahy] verb, clar·i·fied, clar·i·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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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

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

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
COLLAPSE


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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