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Rarefy   /rˈɛrəfaɪ/   Listen
Rarefy

verb
(past & past part. rarefied; pres. part. rarefying)
1.
Lessen the density or solidity of.
2.
Make more subtle or refined.  Synonyms: sublimate, subtilize.
3.
Weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance).  Synonym: attenuate.





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"Rarefy" Quotes from Famous Books



... that the flowers of this world bloom brightest; that its sun is the most genial; that its clouds are the scarcest; that its fruit is the most delicious; that the air is the most balmy; that its cigars are of the highest flavor; that the warmth and radiance of early matrimonial felicity so rarefy the intellectual atmosphere that the soul mounts higher, and enjoys a wider ...
— The Magic Egg and Other Stories • Frank Stockton
... the seed of the Church." Mortals try in vain to slay Truth with the steel or the stake, but error falls only before the sword of Spirit. 37:9 Martyrs are the human links which connect one stage with another in the history of religion. They are earth's lumi- naries, which serve to cleanse and rarefy the atmosphere of 37:12 material sense and to permeate humanity with purer ideals. Consciousness of right-doing brings its own reward; but not amid the smoke of battle is merit seen ...
— Science and Health With Key to the Scriptures • Mary Baker Eddy
... part of it is," said Thaddeus, "she has erred on the wrong side. If the steak were underdone it wouldn't be so bad. Isn't it a pity Edison can't invent a machine to rarefy an overdone steak?" ...
— Paste Jewels • John Kendrick Bangs
... and suffer much, there must be a waste of tissue somewhere. In Angela's case the outward and visible result of this state of things was to make her grow thinner, and the alternate mental effect to increasingly rarefy an intellect already too ethereal for this work-a-day world, and to plunge its owner into fits of depression which were rendered dreadful by sudden forebodings of evil that would leap to life in the recesses of her mind, and for a moment cast a lurid glare upon its gloom, such as at night ...
— Dawn • H. Rider Haggard
... found as a suffix in derivatives too numerous to mention; as, purify (to make pure), rarefy (to make rare), classify (to make or put into ...
— Orthography - As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois • Elmer W. Cavins


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