arefy

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin arere (“to be dry”) + -fy or from ārefaciō.

Verb

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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Further reading

• “arefy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “arefy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Freya, faery, fayre