clarifier

clarify +‎ -er

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɛɹəfaɪɚ/

clarifier (plural clarifiers)

1. One who, or that which, clarifies.
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.

Borrowed from Latin clārificāre.

• IPA^(key): /kla.ʁi.fje/

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clarifier

1. to clarify

• beurre clarifié

• “clarifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.