An obsolete or rare term of unclear meaning, possibly relating to artifacts or a medical/scientific term.
Possibly from Latin 'arēfacere' (to make dry) or related to 'artifact', but historical usage is unclear.
Arefact is so obscure that even comprehensive historical dictionaries struggle to find enough usage examples—it might be a ghost word, created by a typographical error that got copied into new dictionaries!
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