Definition of Clarifying

1. Adjective. That makes clear. "A clarifying example"

Exact synonyms: Elucidative
Similar to: Informative, Instructive
Derivative terms: Elucidate, Elucidate

Definition of Clarifying

1. Verb. (present participle of clarify) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Clarifying

1. clarify [v] - See also: clarify

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clarifying

claribellas
clarichord
clarichords
claries
clarifiable
clarificant
clarification
clarifications
clarificatory
clarified
clarifier
clarifiers
clarifies
clarifying (current term)
clarifyingly
clarinet
clarinet section
clarinetist
clarinetists
clarinets
clarinettist
clarinettists
claringbullite
clarini
clarino
clarinos
clarion
clarion call

Literary usage of Clarifying

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Glue, Gelatine, Animal Charcoal, Phosphorus, Cements, Pastes, and Mucilages by Ferdinand Dawidowsky (1905)
"They are arranged on the first floor of the building, the liquors running through a shallow filter of fine copper gauze to the clarifying vats beneath. ..."

2. Glue, Gelatine, Animal Charcoal, Phosphorus, Cements, Pastes, and Mucilages by Ferdinand Dawidowsky (1905)
"They are arranged on the first floor of the building, the liquors running through a shallow filter of fine copper gauze to the clarifying vats beneath. ..."

3. A Text Book of Ore Dressing by Robert Hallowell Richards (1909)
"clarifying TANKS. — Many tanks used primarily as pulp thickeners also perform the function of clarifying tanks. Under this heading will be described only ..."

4. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"... of a present and serious effort, which may or may not prove permanently efficacious, to use a particular device for clarifying and organizing his ideas. ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... on these departments of knowledge; it starts from their data and uses their information in clarifying their presuppositions and principles. ..."

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