CLARIFIED

CLARIFY

clarify

(verb) make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating; “clarify the butter”; “clarify beer”

clarify, clear up, elucidate

(verb) make clear and (more) comprehensible; “clarify the mystery surrounding her death”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

clarified

simple past tense and past participle of clarify

Adjective

clarified

Made clear.

Clarified butter is made by removing water and impurities from butter.

Source: Wiktionary


CLARIFY

Clar"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clarified; p. pr. & vb. n. Clarifying.] Etym: [F. clarifier, from L. clarificare; clarus clear + facere to make. See Clear, and Fact.]

1. To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or sirup. "Boiled and clarified." Ure.

2. To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate. To clarify his reason, and to rectify his will. South.

3. To glorify. [Obs.] Fadir, clarifie thi name. Wyclif (John ii. 28).

Clar"i*fy, v. i.

1. To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.

2. To grow clear or bright; to clear up. Whosoever hath his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up in the discoursing with another. Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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