eclaircise
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Back-formation from eclaircissement,[1] borrowed from French éclaircissement.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈklɛːˌsaɪz/, /eɪ-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪˈklɛɹˌsaɪz/
- Hyphenation: eclair‧cise
Verb[edit]
eclaircise (third-person singular simple present eclaircises, present participle eclaircising, simple past and past participle eclaircised)
- (transitive, rare) To make clear; to clarify, to explain.
- 1870, Walt Whitman, “Passage to India”, in Leaves of Grass […], Philadelphia, Pa.: David McKay, publisher, […], published 1892, →OCLC, stanza 2, page 316:
- Passage O soul to India! / Eclaircise the myths Asiatic, the primitive fables.
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References[edit]
- ^ “eclaircise, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1891.
