? Obs. [n. of action f. ārefacĕre: see next and -TION.] The action or process of drying; dried condition.
1576. T. Newton, Lemnie’s Touchst. Complex. (1633), 112. But if coldnesse be joyned with moystnesse … use arefaction.
a. 1626. Bacon, New Atl. (1627), 28. The restoring of Man’s Body from Arefaction.
1677. Hale, Prim. Orig. Man., 302. The separation of the Water, and the arefaction of the Earth.
1870. Smith, Syn. & Antonyms, Madefaction … Ant. Exsiccation, Drying, Arefaction.
