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clarification|ˌklærɪfɪˈkeɪʃən|
[a. F. clarification, ad. L. clārificātiōn-em, n. of action f. clārificāre: see clarify.]
1. a. The action or process of clarifying, esp. liquids.
1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 269 Clarification is the expurgation of sordid grosse matter from liquid medicaments. 1729G. Shelvocke Artillery ii. 95 Drossy Salt..impregnated with the Saltpeter before its Clarification. 1885Act 48 & 49 Vict. c. 50. §8 (1) A brewer of beer..shall not..add any..thing thereto (except finings for the purpose of clarification).
b. Of ideas, thought, opinion.
a1866Whewell (Webster), The clarification of men's ideas. 1888Bryce Amer. Commw. III. lxxxiii. 115 The maturing and clarification of political opinion. 1909Times 20 Jan. 10/4 Clarification of thought within the party on the fiscal question. 1966New Statesman 9 Dec. 863/2 Morrice James did not fly out to seek clarifications.
†2. Glorifying; transfiguration. Obs.
1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter i. 1 The three witnesses of Christ's clarification..Peter, and James, and John. 1683E. Hooker Pref. Epist. Pordage's Mystic Div. 77 An Elevation and clarification of his veri mortal Bodie. |