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Definition of Rarified

1. Adjective. Having low density. "Lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"

2. Adjective. Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style. "A grand purpose"

Definition of Rarified

1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of rarefied) ¹

2. Verb. (past of rarify) ¹

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Definition of Rarified

1. rarify [v] - See also: rarify

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rarified

rarefying rareish rarely rareness rarenesses rarer rareripe rareripes rares rarest

rareties rarety rarf rarfs rarification rarified (current term) rarifies rarify rarifying rarin'

raring raring(p) rariora raritie rarities rarity rark rark up rarked rarked up

Literary usage of Rarified

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1898)
"In the course of an investigation of the spectra of rarified gases rendered luminous by electrodeless discharges ..."

2. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1851)
"On the Intensity of Sound in the rarified Air of High Mountains. By CH. MARTINS, DM & S. Communicated by the Author. In nature, where the artificial ..."

3. The Mathematical and Philosophical Works of the Right Rev. John Wilkins by John Wilkins (1802)
"Of Mills, and the contrivance of several motions by rarified air, A brief digression concerning Wind-guns. A MONGST the variety of artificial motions, ..."

4. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1828)
"... from his barometer, what is taking place in the higher regions of the atmosphere. 4. Effects of rarified Air of Mountains on the Pulse. ..."

5. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1828)
"Effects of' rarified Air of Mountains on the Pulse.—Dr Brunner of Berne, read last year to the Helvetic Society of Natural Sciences, the second part of the ..."

6. The Mathematical and Philosophical Works of the Right Rev. John Wilkins by John Wilkins (1802)
"Of Mills, and the contrivance of several motions by rarified air. A brief digression concerning Wind-guns. AMONGST the variety of artificial motions, ..."

7. Edinburgh Clinical and Pathological Journal (1884)
"... further, that tho pulse rose considerably in frequency when the air was rarified. The accuracy of these results was still further tested by directly ..."

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