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English Dictionary: clarify by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clarify
v
  1. make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"
    Synonym(s): clarify, clear up, elucidate
    Antonym(s): obfuscate
  2. make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating; "clarify the butter"; "clarify beer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clarify \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. [bd]Boiled and clarified.[b8] --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).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clarify \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.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Clarify
  
      A software vendor, specialising in {Customer
      Relationship Management} software.   {Nortel Networks} sold
      Clarify to {Amdocs} in 2002.
  
      {Home (http://www.amdocsclarify.com/)}.
  
      (2003-06-20)
  
  
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