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What does rarefy mean?

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Verb
  1. To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense
  2. To expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to.
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But as such means are not at disposal, it becomes necessary to place the terminal in a bulb and rarefy the air in the same.
Their progress in a scientific career is slower than that of men and their numbers start to rarefy as we climb the ladder of responsibilities.
Would an atmosphere perfumed by these Eastern woods clarify and rarefy our denser Occidental minds?
But if warm dry winds blow upon the clouds, they rarefy the vapour to a greater degree, and temporarily disperse the clouds.
A completely pure race doesn't exist: there are always some recessive genes which the selection can rarefy but never totally eliminate.
The air consequently was damp and gross, for want of stronger rays to open and rarefy it.

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