Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Clarify

Clarify , transitive verb

[French clarifier, from Latin 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.
Boiled and clarified. — 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. [Obsolete]
Fadir, clarifie thi name. — Wyclif (John ii. 28)

Clarify , intransitive verb

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