Makes something clear, plain, or easier to understand, or removes impurities from a liquid.
From Middle French 'clarifier,' from Latin 'clarus' (clear) + 'facere' (to make). Third-person singular present tense of 'clarify.'
When a teacher clarifies a confusing concept, they're doing exactly what medieval clarifiers did to wine—removing the murky confusion to reveal what's clear underneath.
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