clarify

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
clarify /ˈklarɪfʌɪ/

▶verb (clarifies, clarifying, clarified)

• 1 make more comprehensible.

• 2 (usu. as adj. clarified) melt (butter) to separate out the impurities.

– derivatives
clarification noun,
clarificatory adjective,
clarifier noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. clarifier, from late L. clarificare, from L. clarus ‘clear’.