verb
- Make clear and (more) comprehensible.
- usage: "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"
- Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear.
- usage: "Could you clarify these remarks"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
- synonyms: clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate
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