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Webster 1913 Edition

Arefaction

Arˊe-fac′tion

,

Noun.

[L.

arefacere

to dry.]

The act of drying, or the state of growing dry.

The

arefaction

of the earth.

Sir M. Hale.

Webster 1828 Edition

Arefaction

AREFAC'TION

,

Noun.

[L. arefacio, to dry, from aero.] The act of drying; the state of growing dry.