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arefaction ? Obs.|ærɪˈfækʃən| [n. of action f. ārefacĕre: see next and -tion.] The action or process of drying; dried condition.
1576T. Newton Lemnie's Touchst. Complex. (1633) 112 But if coldnesse be joyned with moystnesse..use arefaction. a1626Bacon New Atl. (1627) 28 The restoring of Man's Body from Arefaction. 1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. 302 The separation of the Water, and the arefaction of the Earth. 1870Smith Syn. & Antonyms, Madefaction..Ant. Exsiccation, Drying, Arefaction. |