clarify

Meaning

Verb

• (of liquids, such as wine or syrup) To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter
• To make clear or easily understood; to explain in order to remove doubt or obscurity
• To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.
• To grow clear or bright; to clear up.
• To glorify.

Origin

• From Middle English clarifien, from Old French clarifiier, from Latin clarifico; clārus + facio. Semantically clear + -ify