To make clear or clearer

• illustrate

  1. To clarify or explain, as by the use of examples or comparisons:
  2. To serve as an example or clarification of:
  3. To provide (a text) with explanatory or decorative images:

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  1. To clarify or explain, as by the use of examples or comparisons:
  2. To serve as an example or clarification of:
  3. To provide (a text) with explanatory or decorative images:

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• illuminate

  1. To provide or brighten with light.
  2. To decorate or hang with lights.
  3. To make understandable; clarify:

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  1. To provide or brighten with light.
  2. To decorate or hang with lights.
  3. To make understandable; clarify:

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• elucidate

  1. To make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify.
  2. To explain or clarify something:

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  1. To make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify.
  2. To explain or clarify something:

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• clear

  1. Free from clouds, mist, or haze:
  2. Not obscured or darkened; bright:
  3. Easily seen through; transparent:

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  1. Free from clouds, mist, or haze:
  2. Not obscured or darkened; bright:
  3. Easily seen through; transparent:

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To make or become clear by the removal of impurities

• refine

  1. To reduce to a pure state; purify.
  2. To remove by purifying.
  3. To free from coarse, unsuitable, or immoral characteristics:

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  1. To reduce to a pure state; purify.
  2. To remove by purifying.
  3. To free from coarse, unsuitable, or immoral characteristics:

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• purify

  1. To rid of impurities:
  2. To rid of foreign or objectionable elements:
  3. To free from moral or spiritual defilement:

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  1. To rid of impurities:
  2. To rid of foreign or objectionable elements:
  3. To free from moral or spiritual defilement:

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• cleanse

  1. To free from dirt, defilement, or guilt; purge or clean.

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  1. To free from dirt, defilement, or guilt; purge or clean.

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• clean

  1. Free from dirt, stain, or impurities; unsoiled:
  2. Free from foreign matter or pollution; unadulterated:
  3. Not infected:

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  1. Free from dirt, stain, or impurities; unsoiled:
  2. Free from foreign matter or pollution; unadulterated:
  3. Not infected:

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To explain

• illuminate

  1. To provide or brighten with light.
  2. To decorate or hang with lights.
  3. To make understandable; clarify:

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  1. To provide or brighten with light.
  2. To decorate or hang with lights.
  3. To make understandable; clarify:

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• elucidate

  1. To make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify.
  2. To explain or clarify something:

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  1. To make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify.
  2. To explain or clarify something:

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• define

  1. To state the precise meaning of (a word or sense of a word, for example).
  2. To describe the nature or basic qualities of; explain:
  3. To make clear the outline or form of; delineate:

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  1. To state the precise meaning of (a word or sense of a word, for example).
  2. To describe the nature or basic qualities of; explain:
  3. To make clear the outline or form of; delineate:

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• interpret

  1. To explain the meaning of:
  2. To understand the significance of; construe:
  3. To present or conceptualize the meaning of by means of art or criticism:

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  1. To explain the meaning of:
  2. To understand the significance of; construe:
  3. To present or conceptualize the meaning of by means of art or criticism:

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To purify

• strain

  1. To pull, draw, or stretch tight:
  2. To cause distortion of (a body's parts or shape) by applying an external force; deform.
  3. To exert, use, or tax to the utmost:

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  1. To pull, draw, or stretch tight:
  2. To cause distortion of (a body's parts or shape) by applying an external force; deform.
  3. To exert, use, or tax to the utmost:

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• refine

  1. To reduce to a pure state; purify.
  2. To remove by purifying.
  3. To free from coarse, unsuitable, or immoral characteristics:

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  1. To reduce to a pure state; purify.
  2. To remove by purifying.
  3. To free from coarse, unsuitable, or immoral characteristics:

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• filter

  1. A porous material through which a liquid or gas is passed in order to separate the fluid from suspended particulate matter.
  2. A device containing such a material, especially one used to extract impurities from air or water.
  3. Any of various electric, electronic, acoustic, or optical devices used to reject signals, vibrations, or radiations of certain frequencies while allowing others to pass.

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  1. A porous material through which a liquid or gas is passed in order to separate the fluid from suspended particulate matter.
  2. A device containing such a material, especially one used to extract impurities from air or water.
  3. Any of various electric, electronic, acoustic, or optical devices used to reject signals, vibrations, or radiations of certain frequencies while allowing others to pass.

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