clarifying : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: clarifying	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for clarifying
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clarifying adj that makes clear; "a clarifying example" [syn: clarifying, elucidative]
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).