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arefy

/ˈɛəɹɪfaɪ/

arefy verb: to dry, or make dry; wither.

Verb

arefy (third-person singular simple present arefies, present participle arefying, simple past and past participle arefied)

  1. (ambitransitive, archaic) To dry, or make dry; wither.
    • Time, and Heat, are Fellovves in many Effects. Heat drieth Bodies, that doe eaſily expire; As Parchment, Leaues, Roots, Clay, &c. And, ſo doth Time or Age arefie; […]1631, Francis [Bacon], “III. Century. [Experiment Solitary Touching the Like Operations of Heat, and Time.]”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London...

Forms of arefy

third-person singular presentarefies
present participlearefying
past participlearefied
pastarefied

Origin of arefy

Latin ārefaciō, from āreō (“to dry”) + faciō (“to make”).

Questions about arefy

What does arefy mean?
Arefy means to dry, or make dry; wither.
What part of speech is arefy?
Arefy is a verb.
How do you pronounce arefy?
Arefy is pronounced /ˈɛəɹɪfaɪ/.
What is the past tense of arefy?
The past tense of arefy is arefied.

Words near arefy in the dictionary

  1. arefied
  2. arefies
  3. areflexia
  4. areflexic
  5. Arefu
  6. arefy
  7. arefying
  8. areg
  9. aregenerative
  10. aregeneratory
  11. aregional

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