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   rarefy
         v 1: lessen the density or solidity of; "The bones are rarefied"
         2: make more subtle or refined [syn: {rarefy}, {sublimate},
            {subtilize}]
         3: weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance) [syn:
            {rarefy}, {attenuate}]

English Dictionary: Rorippa by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rarify
v
  1. make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern"
    Synonym(s): complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roar off
v
  1. leave; "The car roared off into the fog"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rorippa
n
  1. annual and perennial herbs of damp habitats; cosmopolitan except Antarctica
    Synonym(s): Rorippa, genus Rorippa
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rarefy \Rar"e*fy\, v. i.
      To become less dense; to become thin and porous. [bd]Earth
      rarefies to dew.[b8] --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rarefy \Rar"e*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rarefied}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Rarefying}.] [F. rar[82]fier; L. rarus rare + -ficare (in
      comp.) to make; cf. L. rarefacere. See {-fy}.]
      To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand or
      enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to; --
      opposed to condense.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RARP
  
      {Reverse Address Resolution Protocol}
  
  
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