Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of drying; the state of being dry.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of drying, or the state of growing dry.
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- noun The fact or process of
drying ;desiccation .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Common tombs preserve not beyond powder: a firmer consistence and compage of parts might be expected from arefaction, deep burial, or charcoal.
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We have also fair and large baths, of several mixtures, for the cure of diseases, and the restoring of mans body from arefaction: 1 and others for the confirming of it in strength of sinewes, vital parts, and the very juice and substance of the body.
Paras 60-91 1909
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Common tombs preserve not beyond powder: a firmer consistence and compage of parts might be expected from arefaction, deep burial, or charcoal.
Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend 1643
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“We have also fair and large baths, of several mixtures, for the cure of diseases, and the restoring of man’s body from arefaction; and others for the confirming of it in strength of sinews, vital parts, and the very juice and substance of the body.
The New Atlantis 2002
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"We have also fair and large baths, of several mixtures, for the cure of diseases, and the restoring of man's body from arefaction; and others for the confirming of it in strength of sinews, vital parts, and the very juice and substance of the body.
New Atlantis 1626
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"We have also fair and large baths, of several mixtures, for the cure of diseases, and the restoring of man's body from arefaction; and others for the confirming of it in strength of sinews, vital parts, and the very juice and substance of the body.
Ideal Commonwealths Tommaso Campanella 1603
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"We have also fair and large baths, of several mixtures, for the cure of diseases, and the restoring of man's body from arefaction: and others for the confirming of it in strength of sinewes, vital parts, and the very juice and substance of the body.
New Atlantis Francis Bacon 1593
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