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aUereth and changeth a man through the mercy of God, 
be he never (o defiled, that it maketh him pure and clear. 
JVbitgifte. 
Statefman, yet friend t& truth, in foul fincere, 
In aftion faithful, and in honour dear. Pope. 
Unprepoffeffed ; not preoccupied ; impartial.—Leucippe, 
of whom one look, in a dear judgment, would have been 
more acceptable than all her kindnefs fo prodigally be¬ 
llowed. Sidney. —Free from didrefs, profecution, or im¬ 
puted guilt; 
The cruel corp’ral whifper’d in my ear, 
Five pounds, if rightly tipt, would let me clear. Gay. 
'Free from deduflionsor incumbrances.—Hope, if the fuc- 
cefs happens to fail, is dear gain as long as it lafts. Collier. 
I often wifh'd that I had clear. 
For life,.fix hundred pounds a year. Swift. 
Unencumbered; without let or hindrance ; vacant; un- 
obltrubled.-—A clear ltage is left for Jupiter to dilplay his 
omnipotence, and turn the fate of armies alone. Pope.— 
Out of debt, Unentangled; at-a fafe didance from any 
danger or enemy.—It requires care for a man with a dou¬ 
ble defign to keep clear of clalhing with his own reafon- 
ings. L'Ef range. —Canorous; founding didindlly, plain¬ 
ly, articulately.—I much approved of my friend’s infilling 
upon the qualifications of a good afpebt and a clear voice. 
Addifon. 
Hark ! the numbers foft and clear 
Gently (teal upon the ear; 
Now r louder and yet louder rife, 
And- fill with fpreading founds the (kies. Pope. 
Free ; guiltlefs; with from.— I am clear from the blood of 
this woman. Sufanna. —Sometimes with of. —The air is 
clearer of grofs and damp exhalations. Temple. —Ufed of 
perfons. Diftingniflving; judicious; intelligible: this is 
fcarcely ufed but in con verfation. 
CLEAR, ad<v. Plainly ; not obfcurely : 
Now clear I underhand 
What oft my fteddieft thoughts have fearch’d in vain. 
Milton. 
Clean quite; completely. A low word. —He put his 
mouth to her ear, and, under pretext of a whifper, bit it 
clear off. V Eft range. 
CLEAR, f. A term ufed by builders for the infide of a 
ltoufe; the (pace within from W'all to wall. 
To CLEAR, a. To make bright, by removing opa- 
ceous bodies; to brighten : 
Like Boreas in his race, when rufhing forth, 
He (weeps the (kies, and clears the cloudy north. Dryden. 
To free from obfcurity, perplexity or ambiguity—By 
myftical terms, and ambiguous phrales, he darkens what 
lie (hould clear up. Boyle. 
Many knotty points there are. 
Which all drfcufs, but few can clear. Prior. 
To purge from the imputation of guilt ; to jufiify ; to 
■vindicate ; to defend : often with from before the thing.— 
I will appeal to the reader, and am lure he will clear me 
from partiality. Dryden. 
To clear herfelf, 
For fendin'g him no aid, (he came from Egypt. Dryden . 
Tocleanfe: with of, or from : 
My hands are of your colour; but I (liame 
To wear a heart fo w'hite : 
A little water clears us o/this deed. Shakefpeare. 
To remove any encumbrance, or embarraffment.—A lla- 
tue lies hid in a block of marble ; and the art of the da- 
tuary only clears away the fuperfluous matter, and re- 
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moves the rubbilh. Addifon —To free from any thing of- 
fenfive or noxious.—Augudus, to edablilh the dominion 
of the feas, rigged out a powerful navy to clear it ot the 
pirates of Malta. Arbutbnot. 
To clear the palace from, the foe, fucceed 
The weary living, and revenge the dead. ' Dryden. 
To clarify; as, to clear liquors. To gain without deduc¬ 
tion.—He clears but two hundred thoufand crowns a 
year, after having defrayed all the charges of working. 
Addifon. —To confer judgment or knowledge.-—Our com¬ 
mon prints would dear up their underltandings, and ani¬ 
mate their minds with virtue. Addifon. 
To CLEAR a flip, at the euftom houfe, is to obtain, 
the liberty of failing, or of felling a cargo, by fil'd fatisfy- 
ing the cuftoms. 
To CLEAR, v. n. To grow bright; to recover tranf- 
parency.—So foul alky clears not without a llorm. Shalte- 
fpcare. —Sometimes with up. —The miff, that hung about 
my mind, clears up. Addifon. 
Take heart, nor of the laws of fate complain ; 
Tho’ now ’tis cloudy, ’twill clear up again. Norris . 
To be difengaged from encumbrances, didrefs, or entan¬ 
glements.—He that clears at once, will relapfe ; for find¬ 
ing himfelf out of draits, he will revert to his cudoms : 
bu&'he that clearetb by degrees, induceth a habit of fru¬ 
gality, and gaineth as well upon his mind as upon his 
ellate. Bacon. 
CLEARANCE, f. A certificate that a (hip. has been, 
cleared at the cudom-houfe. 
CLEAR'CIIUS, a tyrant of Heraclea in Pontus, who 
was killed by Chion and Leonidas, Plato’s pupils, during 
the celebration of the fedivals of Bacchus, after the en¬ 
joyment of the fovereign power during twelve years. JnJlin. 
—The fecond tyrant of Heraclea of that name, died before 
Child 288.—A Lacedaemonian fent to quiet the Byzan¬ 
tines. He was recalled, but refufed to obey, and fied to 
Cyrus the younger, who made him captain of 13,000 
Greek foldiers. He obtained a vidlory over Artaxerxes, 
who was fo enraged at the defeat, that when Clearchus 
fell into his hands, by the treachery of Tifaphernes, he put 
him indantly-to death. Diodorus. 
CLEAR'ER, f. Brightner ; purifier ; enlightner.—= 
Gold is a wonderful clearer of the underdandirig : it dif- 
fipates every doubt and fcruple in an indant. Addifon. 
CLEAR'LY, adv, Brightly luminoully.—Mylteries of 
grace and falvation, which were but darkly difcloled unto 
them, have unto us more clearly (ltined. Hooker. —Plainly; 
evidently ; without obfcurity or ambiguity.—Chridianity 
firll clearly proved this noble and important truth to the 
world. Rogers. —With difeernment; acutely ; without 
embarraffment or perplexity of mind.—There is almod' 
no man but fees clearlier and (harper the vices in a fpeaker 
than the vircues. Ben Jobnfon. —Without entanglement or 
didraftion of affairs.—He that doth not divide, will 
never enter into bufinefs; and he that divideth too much, 
will nevercome outof it clearly. Bacon —Without by-ends; 
without finider views; honeltly.—When you are examin¬ 
ing tbefe matters, do not take into confideration any fen- 
fual or worldly interell; but deal clearly and impartially, 
with yourfelves. Tillotfon. —Without dedudtion or cod. 
Without referve ; without evafion ; without fubterfuge. 
—By a certain day they (hould clearly relinquifli unto the 
king all their lands and poffeffions, Davies. 
CLEAR'NESS, /. Tranfparency ; brightnefs.—Glafs 
in the furnace grows to a greater magnitude, and refines 
to a greater clearnefs, only as the breath within is more 
powerful, and the heat more intenle. Bacon .—Splendour 5 
—Love, more clear than yourlelf, with the clearnefs, lays 
a night of forrow upon me. Sidney. —Dillinftnels ; perfpi- 
cuity.—If he chances to think right, he does not know 
how to convey his thoughts to another with clearnefs and 
perfpicuity. Addifon,— Sincerity ; honedy ; plain dealing, 
—When 
