v. ? Obs. [irregular ad. L. ārefacĕre, f. ārēre to dry + facĕre to make. Cf. satisfy, and see -FY.] trans. and intr. To dry up, parch, wither. Hence the ppl. adjs. Arefied, Arefying.
1542. Boorde, Dyetary, viii. (1870), 247. For fyre doth aryfye … a mannes blode.
1599. A. M., trans. Gabelhouer’s Bk. Physic, 209/1. Vnguent for the arefyinge Ioynctes. Ibid. Annoyncte therwith the arefyede Ioyncte.
1626. Bacon, Sylva, § 320. That heat which is in lime and ashes … doth neither liquefy nor arefy.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 586. The powders will soon arefie.
