aridifyv.
/əˈrɪdɪfʌɪ/ transitive. To make arid.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > unproductiveness > render unproductive [verb (transitive)] > the mind
aridify1920
1920 Glasgow Herald 5 Mar. 8 As in Charles Darwin's case, prolonged and continuous absorption in hard thinking may aridify the emotions and destroy the appreciation of genuine poetry.
1930 W. de la Mare Desert Islands 149 Definitions aridify arguments.
1937 W. de la Mare in Proc. Brit. Acad. 1936 XXI. 249 Only a puritan aridified by a sense of duty could finally condemn it [sc. rhyme].
Derivatives
aˈridified adj.
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