Clarre

/klɑːr/ verb

Definition

An archaic or dialectal term meaning to clarify or clear something, or to make bright.

Etymology

From Old English or Middle English, related to Latin clarus (clear). The verb form declined in usage as 'clarify' and 'clear' became the standard terms.

Kelly Says

Archaic verbs like 'clarre' vanish from English when more convenient synonyms emerge. It's like evolution—'clarify' was simply a better adapted word for the job, so 'clarre' went extinct from most people's vocabularies.

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