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rarefy (v.)
late 14c., from Old French
rarefier
(14c.) and directly from Medieval Latin
rarificare
, from Latin
rarefacere
"make rare," from
rarus
"rare, thin" (see
rare
(adj.1)) +
facere
"to make" (see
factitious
). Related:
Rarefied
.
