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rarefy


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rarefy  \Rar"e*fy\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Rarefied};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Rarefying}.]  [F.  rar['e]fier;  L.  rarus  rare  +  -ficare  (in 
  comp.)  to  make  cf  L.  rarefacere  See  {-fy}.] 
  To  make  rare  thin,  porous,  or  less  dense;  to  expand  or 
  enlarge  without  adding  any  new  portion  of  matter  to  -- 
  opposed  to  condense. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rarefy  \Rar"e*fy\,  v.  i. 
  To  become  less  dense;  to  become  thin  and  porous.  ``Earth 
  rarefies  to  dew.''  --Dryden. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rarefy 
  v  1:  make  more  subtle  or  refined  [syn:  {sublimate},  {subtilize}] 
  2:  weaken  the  consistency  of  (a  chemical  substance)  [syn:  {attenuate}] 




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