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1. Having low density
   "rarified gasses";
   - rare, rarefied
    
2. Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
   - exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, idealistic, noble-minded

1. Make more complex, intricate, or rich
   "rarify a design or pattern";
   - complicate, refine, elaborate, rarefy
    
2. (chemistry) weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)
   - rarefy, attenuate
    
3. Lessen the density or solidity of
   - rarefy
    
4. Make more subtle or refined
   - rarefy, sublimate, subtilize, subtilise [Brit]

See also: noble, thin

Type of: alter, change, modify, weaken

Encyclopedia: Rarified