"clarifier" meaning in English

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        "One who, or that which, clarifies."
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        "A speech act intended to clarify or correct one's own prior utterance."
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        "(linguistics) A speech act intended to clarify or correct one's own prior utterance."
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          "ref": "1833, Benjamin Silliman, Manual on the Cultivation of the Sugar Cane",
          "text": "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.",
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        "A vessel in which the process of clarification is conducted."
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          "vessel",
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          "clarification",
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          "ref": "2004, Barbara Moore, What Tarot Can Do for You: Your Future in the Cards, Llewellyn Worldwide, page 20",
          "text": "[…] if any card in the spread puzzles you, you can pull another card from the deck as a clarifier.",
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        "(cartomancy) An additional card used to enhance or explain the primary cards in a spread."
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklɛɹəfaɪɚ/"
    }
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  "word": "clarifier"
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