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overrefine

[oh-ver-ri-fahyn]

verb (used with object), -fined, -fin·ing.

to refine excessively, as with oversubtle distinctions.

Origin:
1705–15; over- + refine

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overrefine (ˌəʊvərɪˈfaɪn)

—vb
1.	to refine (something) to excess
2.	(intr) to make excessively fine distinctions

overre'finement

—n

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