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clarifier

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English

Etymology

From clarify +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

clarifier (plural clarifiers)

  1. One who, or that which, clarifies.
    • 2012 -, P. Dybjer, Sten Lindström, Erik Palmgren, Epistemology versus Ontology, →ISBN:
      It is as a pioneer and “land clearer” that we know Martin-Löf – one of the principal clarifiers of the syntax and semantics of constructive mathematics.
  2. (linguistics) A speech act intended to clarify or correct one's own prior utterance.
  3. A vessel in which the process of clarification is conducted.
    • 1833, Benjamin Silliman, Manual on the Cultivation of the Sugar Cane:
      the purer the sugar, when placed in the clarifier, the less lime water or blood, or temper of any kind — the less time in clarifying — and the more active vigilance at the clarifier — and the more activity also in transferring the liquor from the evaporator into the cooler will be requisite.
  4. (cartomancy) An additional card used to enhance or explain the primary cards in a spread.
    • 2004, Barbara Moore, What Tarot Can Do for You: Your Future in the Cards, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN, page 20:
      […] if any card in the spread puzzles you, you can pull another card from the deck as a clarifier.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clārificāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

clarifier

  1. to clarify

Conjugation

Conjugation of clarifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
More information infinitive, simple ...

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