eclaircise

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UK/ɪˈklɛːˌsaɪz/UK/eɪ-/US/ɪˈklɛɹˌsaɪz/

verb

To make clear; to clarify, to explain.

OriginFrench éclaircissement →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person eclaircises · participle present eclaircising · participle past eclaircised · past eclaircised

  1. raretransitiveTo make clear; to clarify, to explain.

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

    1870, Walt Whitman, “Passage to India”, in Leaves of Grass […], Philadelphia, Pa.: David McKay, publisher, […], published 1892, →OCLC, stanza 2, page 316

Origin

  1. Frenchéclaircissement
  2. Englisheclaircise

Back-formation from eclaircissement, borrowed from French éclaircissement.

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APA

eclaircise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eclaircise

MLA

“eclaircise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eclaircise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eclaircise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eclaircise.

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