clarify
verbEtymology
From Middle English clarifien, from Old French clarifiier, from Latin clārificō, clārificāre; clārus (“clear”) + faciō, facere (“make”). Semantically clear + -ify.
- derived from clarifico
- derived from clarifiier
- inherited from clarifien
Definitions
To make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity.
- What's the best way to clarify cooking oil?
- Leave the wine for 24 hours and it will clarify.
To make or become clear or easily understood
To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity.
- Please clarify what you mean by this.
- Over time, the situation gradually clarified.
- To clarify his reason, to rectify his will.
To glorify.
The neighborhood
- neighborclarification
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at clarify. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at clarify. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at clarify
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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