clarifier (klarifier)

1. One who or that which clarifies or purifies: as, whites of eggs, blood, and isingla are clarifiers of liquors.2. A ve el in which a liquid is clarified; specifically, a large metallic pan for clarifying saccharine syrup, etc. clarify (klar'i-fi), v.; pret. and pp. clarified, ppr. clarifying. [ Fadir, the hour cometh, clarifie thy sonne. Wyclif , John xvii. 1. I come Cristis name to clarifie , And god his Fadir me has ordand, And for to bere witne e. York Plays , p. 187. 2. To make clear; especially, purify from feculent matter; defecate; fine: applied particularly to liquors: as, to clarify wine or saccharine syrup. See clarification. Another Riuer whose waters were thicke and miry, which they clarifie with allume before they can drink it. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 435. 3. To brighten; purify; make clear, in a figurative sense; free from obscurities or defects; render luminous; render intelligent or intelligible. IMG:content-0531.png:[blocks in formation] The Christian religion is the only means to set clarus , clear: see clear , a. Cf. clarion.] Same fallen man upon his legs again, to clarify his reason, and South, Sermons. rectify John his [Stuart] will. Mill would occasionally throw in an idea to clarify an involved theory or shed light on a profound abysmal one. Caroline Fox, Journal, p. 81. History is clarified experience. Lowell, Addre at Chelsea, Ma ., Dec., 1885. II. in trans. 1. To grow or become clear or free from feculent matter; become pure, as li quors: as, cider clarifies by fermentation.-2. To become clear intellectually; grow clear or perspicuous. His wits and understanding do clarify and break up in the communicating and discoursing with another. Bacon, Friendship. in the Much of the history of Shelley's mind lies gradual clarifying of his zeals and enthusiasms, until at their best they became, not fire without light, but pure and luminous ardours. E. Dowden, Shelley, I. 160. clarigatet (klar'i-gat), v. i. [