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Refine Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Refine? [v] make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern" [v] make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of; "refine a method of analysis"; "refine the constant in the equation" [v] attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying; "many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet" [v] improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing" [v] reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities; "refine sugar" [v] treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition; "refine paper stock"; "refine pig iron"; "refine oil" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Refine: complicate \| down \| elaborate \| fine-tune \| polish \| rarify \| rectify Related Terms \| Find terms related to Refine: See Also \| alter \| ameliorate \| amend \| attenuate \| better \| change \| civilise \| civilize \| cultivate \| develop \| distill \| educate \| improve \| involve \| make pure \| meliorate \| process \| purify \| school \| sophisticate \| sublimate \| train \| treat Refine In Webster's Dictionary \Refine"\ (r?f?n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Refined} (-find"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Refining}.] [Pref. re- + fine to make fine: cf. F. raffiner.] 1. 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. I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined. --Zech. xiii. 9. 2. 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. Love refines The thoughts, and heart enlarges. --Milton. Syn: To purify; clarify; polish; ennoble. \Re*fine"\, v. i. 1. To become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter. So the pure, limpid stream, when foul with stains, Works itself clear, and, as it runs, refines. --Addison. 2. To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence. Chaucer refined on Boccace, and mended his stories. --Dryden. But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens! How the style refines! --Pope. 3. To affect nicety or subtilty in thought or language. ``He makes another paragraph about our refining in controversy.'' --Atterbury.

Refine Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Refine?

[v] make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern"
[v] make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of; "refine a method of analysis"; "refine the constant in the equation"
[v] attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying; "many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet"
[v] improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing"
[v] reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities; "refine sugar"
[v] treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition; "refine paper stock"; "refine pig iron"; "refine oil"

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Refine In Webster's Dictionary

\Re*fine"\ (r?*f?n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Refined}
(-find"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Refining}.] [Pref. re- + fine to
make fine: cf. F. raffiner.]
1. 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.

         I will bring the third part through the fire, and
         will refine them as silver is refined. --Zech. xiii.
                                               9.

2. 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.

         Love refines The thoughts, and heart enlarges.
                                               --Milton.

Syn: To purify; clarify; polish; ennoble.


\Re*fine"\, v. i.
1. To become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter.

         So the pure, limpid stream, when foul with stains,
         Works itself clear, and, as it runs, refines.
                                               --Addison.

2. To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.

         Chaucer refined on Boccace, and mended his stories.
                                               --Dryden.

         But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the wit
         brightens! How the style refines!     --Pope.

3. To affect nicety or subtilty in thought or language. ``He
   makes another paragraph about our refining in
   controversy.'' --Atterbury.

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