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clarify

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To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or sirup.

To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.

To glorify.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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A scientist's aim in a discussion with his colleagues is not to persuade, but to clarify. Leó Szilárd

Through my art I have tried to explain my life and its meaning. I have also intended to help others to clarify their lives. Edvard Munch

I have always written only for myself - to clarify things, to clarify things with myself, to understand in an inner way what is actually happening. Herta Müller

History may clarify our understanding of the supreme work of art, but can never account for it completely; for the Time of art is not the same as the Time of history. André Malraux

Talking is not enough; words don't clarify anything. I'll have to hit upon something, but what? Imre Kertész

The comic spirit is given to us in order that we may analyze, weigh, and clarify things in us which nettle us, or which we are outgrowing, or trying to reshape. Thornton Wilder

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