[clar.i.fy] vb -fied ; -fy.ing [ME clarifien, fr. MF clarifier, fr. LL clarificare, fr. L clarus clear--more at clear] vt (14c) 1: to make (as a liquid) clear or pure usu. by freeing from suspended matter
2: to free of confusion
3: to make understandable ~ vi: to become clear -- clar.i.fi.ca.tion n -- clar.i.fi.er n