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arefacere

arefacere [CL] , to dry. b to wither, paralyse. congregatis aquis ‥ arefecit terram Bede Gen. (viii 1) 99; quedam carnes glandulose que parant †hanitatem [? l. humiditatem] organis oris, ne ex nimio motu arefiant Ps.-Ric. Anat. 29; 1459 pro tribus petris cere ‥ deliberatis ‥ ad cerandum canubium ad arificiendum pulveres bumbardorum ExchScot 495.  b manus ~te restituuntur Ælnoth Cnut V 70; percurrente per artus molestia, ~ti nervi contrahuntur T. Mon. Will. VI 12.

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