rarefacio

Latin

Etymology

rārus (rare) + faciō (make).

Pronunciation

Verb

rārēfaciō (present infinitive rārēfacere, perfect active rārēfēcī, supine rārēfactum); third conjugation -variant, suppletive

  1. to rarefy

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Catalan: rarefer
  • English: rarefy
  • French: raréfier
  • Galician: rarefacer
  • Italian: rarefare
  • Portuguese: rarefazer
  • Spanish: rarefacer

References

  • rarefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rarefacio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.