eclaircise

eclaircise

English

Etymology

From French éclaircir, from es- (Latin ex) + clair (“clear”), from Latin clarus.

Verb

eclaircise (third-person singular simple present eclaircises, present participle eclaircising, simple past and past participle eclaircised)

1. (transitive, rare) To make clear; to explain.
   • 1900, Walt Whitman, ‘Passage to India’, Leaves of Grass:

     Passage, O soul, to India! / Eclaircise the myths Asiatic—the primitive fables.