Definition, Meaning & Synonyms
rarify
verb
/ˈrɛrɪfaɪ/
Definition
To make rare or less dense; to make something less dense or more refined.
Examples
- Scientists attempted to rarify the air in the chamber to study how different organisms react in lower oxygen environments.
- As the artist worked on the sculpture, she aimed to rarify the material, giving it an ethereal quality.
Meaning
Rarify means to decrease the density of a substance or to make it more rare or less common in some context.
Synonyms
- thin
- reduce
- lighten
- loosen
