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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Arefaction

· Ar·e·fac·tion · IPA /æɹɪˈfækʃən/
01 n. The act of drying, or the state of growing dry.
  1. 1.
    The act of drying, or the state of growing dry.
    “The arefaction of the earth.” Sir M. Hale.