Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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“clarifies” is a form of

clarify

/ˈklæɹ.ɪ.faɪ/ verb

Forms clarifies clarifying clarified clarifiest clarifiedst clarifieth

  1. verb (ergative, of liquids, such as wine or syrup) To make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity. “What's the best way to clarify cooking oil?”
  2. verb (by extension) To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity. “Please clarify what you mean by this.”
  3. verb (obsolete) To glorify.

Synonyms

explicitize get straight bring home clear up elucidate

Antonyms

obfuscate

Etymology

From Middle English clarifien, from Old French clarifiier, from Latin clārificō, clārificāre; clārus (“clear”) + faciō, facere (“make”). Semantically clear + -ify.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; --said of liquids, as wine or sirup. "Boiled and clarified." Ure.
  2. verb To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
  3. verb To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.
  4. verb To grow clear or bright; to clear up. Whosoever hath his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up in the discoursing with another. Bacon.

Etymology [F. clarifier, from L. clarificare; clarus clear + facere to make. See Clear, and Fact.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “clarify”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “clarify” (best matches first).