clarer (s.xiiiin)

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clarer (s.xiiiin)

[ FEW: 2/i,741a clarus; Gdf: 2,147b claroier; GdfC: ; TL: 2,463 clariier; DEAF:  cler; DMF:  clairer / claroyer; TLF: ; OED:  clary v.; MED:  clar?en v.; DMLBS: 352c clarare ]
clarrer  

v.a.

1to clear
( MS: c.1325 )  Item mangez betoyne e bevez checun jour l’aun (c)e (lé), anglice rue, e mangez, si clarunt muyt les oys  102.125
2to make clear, explain, clarify
( s.xiv2; MS: c.1400 )  (because this beatitude cannot be seen or heard, it must be approached piecemeal and divided up) parount il puisse vraiment le pluis lusant clarer (Latin: clareat) et confirmer  56
( 1410-15; MS: c.1415-20 )  a vostre treshonuré parentel discrecion overtement soit claree qe […]  422

v.n.

1to become, grow light
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2 )  Dreit a demain, quant le jur fu claré  2824
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