Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RAR'E-FY
RAR'E-FY, v.t. [Fr. rarefier; L. rarefacio; rarus, rare, and facio, to make.]
To make thin and porous or less dense; to expand or enlarge a body without adding to it any new portion of its own matter; opposed to condense. – Encyc. Thomson.
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