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rarefy

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹɛəɹəˌfaɪ/Part of speech verbSorted aefrryStarts with REnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)

Word origin

From Middle English rarefien, from Old French rarefier (French raréfier), from Latin rarefacere (“make rare”). By surface analysis, rare + -fy.

Used in a sentence

  • As water rarefies, it evaporates, forming visible steam, and this may be a step toward the final category of reality, fire. Anyone who has held a hand over a boiling kettle may feel the truth of this.[…]
  • Given the high quantity of water molecules in the human body it is worthy of note at this point that moisture rarefies when heated.[…]

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