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clar·i·fy

 (klăr′ə-fī′)
v. clar·i·fied, clar·i·fy·ing, clar·i·fies
v.tr.
1. To make clear or easier to understand; elucidate: clarified her intentions.
2. To clear of confusion or uncertainty: clarify the mind.
3. To make clear by removing impurities or solid matter, as by heating gently or filtering: clarify butter.
v.intr.
To become clear.

[Middle English clarifien, from Old French clarifier, from Late Latin clārificāre : Latin clārus, clear; see clear + Latin -ficāre, -fy.]

clar′i·fi·ca′tion (-fĭ-kā′shən) n.
clar′i·fi′er n.
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clarified

(ˈklærɪfaɪd)
adj
1. free of impurities
2. (Cookery) (of fat, butter, etc) made clear by heating, etc
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Translations

clarified

[ˈklærɪfaɪd] adj [butter] → clarifié(e)
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clarified

adj butter, sugarraffiniert; stock, winegeklärt
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References in classic literature ?
I found besides half a dozen bills receipted (the doctor was a mirror of punctuality in the payment of tradesmen), note and letter-paper of the finest quality, clarified pens, a pretty little pin-cushion, two small account-books filled with the neatest entries, and some leaves of blotting-paper.
A cordial composed of one part thunder-and-lightning, one part remorse, two parts bloody murder, one part death-hell-and-the- grave and four parts clarified Satan.
"Well," said Sir Henry, as we sat down, having first lit a lamp of the sort used by the Kukuanas, of which the wick is made from the fibre of a species of palm leaf, and the oil from clarified hippopotamus fat, "well, I feel uncommonly inclined to be sick."
Even then it had commenced to rise and fall, and had clarified its waters and colored them of the hue they now wear, and obtained a patent of Heaven to be the only Walden Pond in the world and distiller of celestial dews.
His mental agitation too was clarified as if all the feverishness had gone out of him in a fit of outward violence.
But she filled it, none the less, with good, steaming vegetable curry, clapped a fried cake atop, and a morsel of clarified butter on the cake, dabbed a lump of sour tamarind conserve at the side; and Kim looked at the load lovingly.
ISLAMABAD -- The Supreme Court (SC) on Saturday clarified a news item regarding pending references with the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC).
It also clarified that it did not issue any statement on this issue as reported in a section of Saudi media.
Lambino clarified that such tax treatment on premiums charged by health maintenance associations is not part of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Act.
Islamabad -- The Ministry of Religious Affairs has clarified a news item regarding the loss of Rs1 million to the national exchequer on the purchase of hepatitis injections on higher rates from Zakat fund.