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Webster 1913 Edition
Rarefy
Rar′e-fy
(răr′ē̍-fī; 277)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Rarefied
(răr′ē̍-fīd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rarefying
(răr′ē̍-fīˊĭng)
.] To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to; – opposed to condense.
Rar′e-fy
,Verb.
I.
To become less dense; to become thin and porous.
“Earth rarefies to dew.” Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rarefy
RAR'EFY
,Verb.
T.
To make thin and porous or less dense; to expand or enlarge a body without adding to it any new portion of its own matter; opposed to condense.
RAR'EFY
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
rarefy
rarefy
English
Alternative forms
Verb
rarefy (third-person singular simple present rarefies, present participle rarefying, simple past and past participle rarefied)
- To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense
- To expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
to make rare etc.