rarify

An obsolete verb meaning to make rare, thin, or less dense; to rarefy.

• 🇫🇷Verbe rare ou littéraire signifiant rendre rare, raréfié ou moins dense ; raréfier.

1. Make more complex or refined C2 formal

   To make something more intricate, sophisticated, or refined in nature.

   • The author sought to rarify the plot with subtle symbolism.
   • His arguments were designed to rarify the philosophical debate.
   • The artist's later works rarify the themes of his earlier period.

   🇫🇷Rendre plus complexe ou raffiné

   Synonymes: cultivateelaboratepolishrefinesophisticate

   Antonymes: coarsensimplify

• rarified past participle
• rarified past simple
• rarifying present participle
• rarifies third person singular