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Webster 1913 Edition


Clarification

Clarˊi-fi-ca′tion

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
clarification
, L.
clarificatio
glorification.]
1.
The act or process of making clear or transparent, by freeing visible impurities;
as, the
clarification
of wine
.
2.
The act of freeing from obscurities.
The
clarification
of men’s ideas.
Whewell.

Webster 1828 Edition


Clarification

CLARIFICATION

,
Noun.
[See Clarify.] The act of clearing; particularly the clearing or fining of liquid substances from all feculent matter.