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arefactionnoun
The fact or process of drying; desiccation.
Etymology: From Latin arefacere.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Arefactionnoun
The state of growing dry; the act of drying.
Etymology: arefacio, Lat. to dry.
From them, and their motions, principally proceed arefaction, and most of the effects of nature. Francis Bacon, Nat. History.
Webster Dictionary
Arefactionnoun
the act of drying, or the state of growing dry
Etymology: [L. arefacere to dry.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Arefaction
ar-e-fak′shun, n. (obs.) the action of drying.—v.t. and v.i. Ar′efy, to dry up, wither. [L. arefacĕre, to make dry—arēre, to be dry, and facĕre, to make.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of arefaction in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of arefaction in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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