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arefy, v. ? Obs.|ˈærɪfaɪ|
[irregular ad. L. ārefacĕre, f. ārēre to dry + facĕre to make. Cf. satisfy, and see -fy.]
trans. and intr. To dry up, parch, wither. Hence the ppl. adjs. arefied, arefying.
1542Boorde Dyetary viii. (1870) 247 For fyre doth aryfye..a mannes blode. 1599A. M. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physic 209/1 Vnguent for the arefyinge Ioynctes. Ibid., Annoyncte therwith the arefyede Ioyncte. 1626Bacon Sylva §320 That heat which is in lime and ashes..doth neither liquefy nor arefy. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 586 The powders will soon arefie. |