资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Clarify \Clar"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clarified}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Clarifying}.] [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).
资料来源 : WordNet®
clarified
See {clarify}
clarified
adj : free from unwanted solid matter
clarify
v 1: make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery
surrounding her death" [syn: {clear up}, {elucidate}]
[ant: {obfuscate}]
2: make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating;
"clarify the butter"; "clarify beer"
[also: {clarified}]