Lewis & Short

clārĭfĭco, āre, v. a. [clarus-facio], to make illustrious or famous (eccl. Lat.): nomen suum grandi aliquo facinore, Lact. 3, 18, p. 213 Bip.; so Sedul. 4, 173; 5, 8; Paul. Nol. Carm. 26, 304 al.