To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.
To grow clear or bright; to clear up.
To make clear or easily understood; to explain in order to remove doubt or obscurity.
To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter.
To reduce in quality or purity.
To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.
To lower in value or social position.