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ārĕ-făcĭo (contr. arfăcĭo , Cato, R. R. 69;
I.per anastrophen, facio are,Lucr. 6, 962; cf. Rudd. II. p. 392), fēci, factum, 3, v. a. areo, to make dry, to dry up (anteclass. and post-Aug.; “syn.: sicco, exsicco, coquo, uro),Cato, R. R. 69: principio terram sol excoquit et facit are, * Lucr. 6, 962; Varr. L. L. 5, § 38 Müll.; Vitr. 2, 1; Vulg. Job, 15, 30; ib. Jac. 1, 11.—Pass.: “arefieri in furno,Plin. 32, 7, 26, § 32: “caulis arefactus,id. 13, 22, 43, § 125; so id. 34, 13, 35, § 133; Cels. 5, 27, n. 7; * Suet. Vesp. 5: “arefacta est terra,Vulg. Gen. 8, 14: “ficulnea,ib. Matt. 21, 19.—
II. Trop. (eccl. Lat.), to wither up, break down: “gentem superbam arefecit Deus,Vulg. Eccli. 10, 18: “arefacient animam suam,ib. ib. 14, 9.
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    • New Testament, Matthew, 21.19
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    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.962
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    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 32.32
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