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rarefy
[ rair-uh-fahy ]
verb (used with object)
- to make rare or rarer; make less dense:
to rarefy a gas.
- to make more refined, spiritual, or exalted.
verb (used without object)
- to become rare or less dense; become thinned:
Moisture rarefies when heated.
rarefy
/ ˈɛəɪˌڲɪ /
verb
- to make or become rarer or less dense; thin out
Derived Forms
- ˈˌھ, noun
- ˈˌھ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·ھa· adjective
- ·ھe noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of rarefy1
Example Sentences
For many people, it was a glimpse into the rarefied world of the Vatican, and the highly secretive process of choosing a leader for the Roman Catholic Church.
They’ll take you right into that rarefied world, without the extra comedy but with plenty of inherent drama.
Getting swept away by a fantasy world is one of moviegoing’s more rarefied pleasures, disbelief dissolving as readily as a pill on the tongue.
But he could not survive for long in the rarefied air at the summit of the sport, and the team sank even quicker than it rose.
In the more rarefied reaches of this coterie world, the mainstream embrace of “Topdog/Underdog” implied selling out.
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