arefy

Latin arere (“to be dry”) + -fy or from ārefaciō.

arefy (third-person singular simple present arefies, present participle arefying, simple past and past participle arefied)

1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To dry, or make dry; wither.

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• arefy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• arefy at OneLook Dictionary Search

• Freya, faery, fayre