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Definition of Rare
Rare

Early.

Nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked; underdone; as, rare beef or mutton.

Not frequent; seldom met with or occurring; unusual; as, a rare event.

Of an uncommon nature; unusually excellent; valuable to a degree seldom found.

Thinly scattered; dispersed.

Characterized by wide separation of parts; of loose texture; not thick or dense; thin; as, a rare atmosphere at high elevations.

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Rare Quotations

To find people who don't want anything is rare.
Andrew Young

In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you got one, it was better than ambrosia.
James E. Jones

Television is a medium because anything well done is rare.
Fred Allen

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you will never read, you have done rare things.
Henry David Thoreau

One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Rare Translations

rare in Afrikaans is skaars
rare in Dutch is zeldzaam, ongemeen, schaars
rare in German is selten, rar
rare in Latin is rarus
rare in Portuguese is raro


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