RARIFIES | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Rarefy

Speech Type: Verb

Etymology:

late Middle English: from Old French rarefier, or medieval Latin rareficare, based on Latin rarus ‘rare’ + facere ‘make’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈrɛːrɪfʌɪ
Dialects: British English
Definition:

make or become less dense or solid

Short Definition:

make or become less dense or solid

Examples:
  • air rarefies and degrounds the physical body
  • as the shell continues to expand and rarefy, astronomers may eventually be able to see characteristic gamma rays from the radioactivity within
Variant Forms:
  • rarify

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