| clarify | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. clarify, clear up, elucidate | make clear and (more) comprehensible.; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death" |
| ~ demystify | make less mysterious or remove the mystery from.; "let's demystify the event by explaining what it is all about" |
| ~ crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, shed light on, crystallize, elucidate, illuminate, sort out, enlighten, clear up, straighten out, clear | make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear.; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault" |
| ~ explain, explicate | make plain and comprehensible.; "He explained the laws of physics to his students" |
| ~ elaborate, expatiate, expound, lucubrate, dilate, exposit, flesh out, enlarge, expand | add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing.; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation" |
| ~ disambiguate | state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from.; "Can you disambiguate this statement?" |
| v. (change) | 2. clarify | make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating.; "clarify the butter"; "clarify beer" |
| ~ cookery, cooking, preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| enlighten | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. edify, enlighten | make understand.; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal" |
| ~ instruct, teach, learn | impart skills or knowledge to.; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat" |
| v. (communication) | 2. enlighten, irradiate | give spiritual insight to; in religion. |
| ~ prophesy, vaticinate | predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration. |
| v. (cognition) | 3. clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out | make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear.; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault" |
| ~ clarify, clear up, elucidate | make clear and (more) comprehensible.; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death" |
| substantiate | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain | establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts.; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant" |
| ~ back up, back | establish as valid or genuine.; "Can you back up your claims?" |
| ~ vouch | give supporting evidence.; "He vouched his words by his deeds" |
| ~ verify | confirm the truth of.; "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim" |
| ~ shew, demonstrate, prove, show, establish | establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment.; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" |
| ~ document | support or supply with references.; "Can you document your claims?" |
| ~ validate | prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something. |
| v. (stative) | 2. body forth, embody, incarnate, substantiate | represent in bodily form.; "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (creation) | 3. actualise, actualize, realise, realize, substantiate | make real or concrete; give reality or substance to.; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ incarnate | make concrete and real. |
| ~ express | manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait).; "Many of the laboratory animals express the trait" |
| v. (change) | 4. substantiate | solidify, firm, or strengthen.; "The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country" |
| ~ beef up, fortify, strengthen | make strong or stronger.; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries" |
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