CLARIFY, verb transitive 1. To make clear; to purify from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; applied particularly to liquors; as, to clarify wine, or syrup. 2. To make clear; to brighten or illuminate; applied to the mind or reason. CLARIFY, verb intransitive 1. To clear up; to grow clear or bright. His understanding clarifies, in discoursing with another. 2. To grow or become clear or fine; to become pure, as liquors. Cider clarifies by fermentation.
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