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Antonyms for clarifying

Grammar : Verb
Spell : klar-uh-fahy
Phonetic Transcription : ˈklær əˌfaɪ

Definition of clarifying

Origin :
  • early 14c., "make illustrious, make known," from Old French clarifiier "clarify, make clear, explain" (12c.), from Late Latin clarificare "to make clear," also "to glorify," from Latin clarificus "brilliant," from clarus "clear, distinct" (see clear (adj.)) + root of facere "to make, do" (see factitious).
  • Meaning "make clear, purify" is from early 15c. in English; intransitive sense of "grow or become clear" is from 1590s. Figurative sense of "to free from obscurity" is from 1823. Related: Clarified; clarifying.
  • verb explain, make clear
  • verb purify
Example sentences :
  • Nor did he it so much for clarifying phisicke, as to saue charges.
  • Extract from : « The Unfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton » by Thomas Nash
  • It is also used for clarifying coffee, beer and other drinks.
  • Extract from : « Birds and Nature Vol. 11 No. 1 [January 1902] » by Various
  • Yet this will ordinarily be confusing rather than clarifying to an exact scholar.
  • Extract from : « The Covenant of Salt » by Henry Clay Trumbull
  • A radiant effulgence of light was around us, clarifying, growing.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930 » by Victor Rousseau
  • As he paused again, looking at them, he saw it all with a clarifying simplicity.
  • Extract from : « Lifted Masks » by Susan Glaspell
  • It is also extensively used for clarifying liquors, and for many other purposes connected with the arts and everyday life.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • Clarifying his thoughts, Peter tried first to see where his duty lay.
  • Extract from : « The Come Back » by Carolyn Wells
  • Northwick felt almost a glow of pride in clarifying this point to his reason.
  • Extract from : « The Quality of Mercy » by W. D. Howells
  • And it will be a good thing for you both to have the time for clarifying your ideas.
  • Extract from : « April Hopes » by William Dean Howells
  • No, simply the clarifying of the thoughts that had been puzzling me.
  • Extract from : « The Garden, You, and I » by Mabel Osgood Wright

Synonyms for clarifying

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