Clar"i*fy , v. i. 1. To
grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other
liquid under clarification.
2.
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.
Bacon.
Clar"i*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clarified (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Clarifying.]
[F. clarifier, from L. clarificare; clarus clear + facere to make. See Clear, and Fact.] 1. To make clear
or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or sirup. "Boiled and clarified." Ure.
2. To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
To clarify his reason, and to rectify his will.
South.
3.
To glorify.
[Obs.]
Fadir, clarifie thi name.
Wyclif (John ii.
28).
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