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rarefy

[rair-uh-fahy]

verb (used with object)

rarefied, rarefying 
  1. to make rare or rarer; make less dense.

    to rarefy a gas.

  2. to make more refined, spiritual, or exalted.



verb (used without object)

rarefied, rarefying 
  1. to become rare or less dense; become thinned.

    Moisture rarefies when heated.

rarefy

/ ˈɛəɪˌڲɪ /

verb

  1. to make or become rarer or less dense; thin out

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • rarefier noun
  • rarefiable adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of rarefy1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English rarefien, from Middle French rarefier, from Medieval Latin ھ, from Latin ŧڲ, equivalent to ŧ-, irregular, unexplained combining form of ܲ + facere “to make”; rare 1, -fy
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of rarefy1

C14: from Old French éھ , from Latin ŧڲ , from ܲ rare 1 + facere to make
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While you may not have a Melinda Gates in your life to call on, recent studies show that gender stereotypes continue to persist far beyond the rarefied world of fundraising conversations between founders and investors.

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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.

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They’ll take you right into that rarefied world, without the extra comedy but with plenty of inherent drama.

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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.

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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.

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