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To clear from impurities, as lees, dregs, etc.; to clarify; to purify; to refine. To defecate the dark and muddy oil of amber. Boyle.

To determine or clearly exhibit the boundaries of; to mark the limits of; as, to define the extent of a kingdom or country.

Having certain limits in signification; determinate; certain; precise; fixed; exact; clear; as, a definite word, term, or expression.

Distinctness or clearness, as of an image formed by an optical instrument; precision in detail.

To clear of forests; to dis U. S. Agric. Reports.

One of an ancient sect of philosophers, who cultivated learned conversation at meals.

A name given to an elementary book for learners of Latin or Greek. G. Eliot.

To clear or strip of wood (by cutting down trees). [R.] Fuller.

The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery; a clear delivery.

In a demonstrable manner; incontrovertibly; clearly. Cases that demonstrably concerned the public cause. Clarendon.

rs are called "proofs;" and where agreement or disagreement is by this means plainly and clearly perceived, it is called demonstration. Locke.

Having the nature of demonstration; tending to demonstrate; making evident; exhibiting clearly or conclusively. "Demonstrative figures." Dryden. An argument necessary and demonstrative. Hooker.

In a manner fitted to demonstrate; clearly; convincingly; forcibly.

much delighted in her demure way, and that delight showed itself in her face and in her clear bright eyes. W. Black.

ship for such delay or detention. The claim for demurrage ceases as soon as the ship is cleared out and ready for sailing. M`Culloch.

To remove obstructions or impediments in; to clear from anything that hinders the passage of fluids; as, to deobstruct the pores or lacteals. Arbuthnot.

Removing obstructions; having power to clear or open the natural ducts of the fluids and secretions of the body; aperient. -- n.

To free from obstructions; to clear a passage through. [Obs.] Boyle.

To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; -- used of spirits and acids.

To prove or to refute by proof; to clear (one's self). [Obs.]