| Refine (refine) |
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| v. t. | (r?*f?n") |
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| Re*fine" |
| [imp.
*** p. p. Refined (-find")] p. pr. *** vb.
n. Refining.] [Pref. re- + fine to make
fine: cf. F. raffiner.] |
To reduce to a
fine, unmixed, or pure state] to free from impurities; to free from
dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to
defecate; as, to refine gold or silver; to refine iron;
to refine wine or sugar.
To purify from what is gross, coarse,
vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or exellent; to
polish; as, to refine the manners, the language, the style, the
taste, the intellect, or the moral feelings.
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| Refine (refine) |
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| v. i. | |
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| Re*fine" |
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To become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter.
To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or
excellence.
To affect nicety or subtilty in thought or
language.
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