clear up Copy link Outline I. Trans. to explain, to remove difficulties1. expĕdio, 42. ēnōdo, 13. explĭco, explāno4. dēfaeco, 1 (prop. to clear of dregs5. illustro, 1 (to shed light upon)6. perpurgo, 1 (to clear up thoroughly7. ēnucleo, 1 (lit. to extract the kernel)II. Intrans. • clear up: I. Trans. to explain, to remove difficulties: 1. expĕdio, 4: c. up this matter for me first of all, hoc mihi expedi primum, Ter.: more fully, dilucide ex., Ter.: v. to explain. 2. ēnōdo, 1: to c. up niceties of law, laqueos juris e., Gell.: Cic. 3. explĭco, explāno: v. to explain, unfold. 4. dēfaeco, 1 (prop. to clear of dregs: as wine): whatever was formerly uncertain in my mind is now c.'d up, quicquid incerti mihi in animo fuit, nunc defaecatum est, Pl. 5. illustro, 1 (to shed light upon): everything has been c.'d up, made manifest and certain by me, omnia illustrata, patefacta, comperta sunt a me, Cic. 6. perpurgo, 1 (to clear up thoroughly: rare): Cic. 7. ēnucleo, 1 (lit. to extract the kernel): v. to explain. Phr.: to c. up obscure matters, rebus (obscuris) lumen afferre, Cic.; obscuritatem et tenebras ab aliqua re tollere: cf. Cic. Or. 3, 13, fin. II. Intrans.: of the weather; to become fair: dissĕrēnat or dissĕrēnascit (impers.): cf. Liv. 39, 46 (where quum disserenasset = quum ex tempestate serenum factum esset): Plin.: cf. to clear (I. 5.).