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Arefaction

Arefaction \Ar`e*fac"tion\, n. [L. arefacere to dry.] The act of drying, or the state of growing dry.

The arefaction of the earth.
--Sir M. Hale.

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arefaction

n. (context rare or obsolete English) The fact or process of drying; desiccation.