disambiguate
/ˌdɪsæmˈbɪɡjuˌeɪt/
verb
- To make something clear by removing uncertainty or confusion, especially when a word, phrase, or situation has more than one possible meaning.
- The linguist used context clues to disambiguate the ambiguous sentence from the old manuscript.
- When you write instructions, try to disambiguate each step so the reader never has to guess what you mean.
- The editor added a footnote to disambiguate the two different uses of the term 'bank' in the article.