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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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