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verb (used with object)
1.
to bring to a fine or a pure state; free from impurities: to refine metal, sugar, or petroleum.
2.
to purify from what is coarse, vulgar, or debasing; make elegant or cultured.
3.
to bring to a finer state or form by purifying.
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refine onupon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.: to refine on one's previous work.
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refine (rɪˈfaɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (often foll by out) | |
| 1. | to make or become free from impurities, sediment, or other foreign matter; purify |
| 2. | (tr) to separate (a mixture) into pure constituents, as in an oil refinery |
| 3. | to make or become free from coarse characteristics; make or become elegant or polished |
| 4. | to remove (something impure or extraneous) |
| 5. | (intr |
| 6. | (tr) to make (language) more subtle or polished |
| [C16: from | |
| re'finable | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
refine
1582, of metals, 1588 of manners, from re-, intensive prefix + obs. fine (v.) "make fine," from fine (adj.) "delicate" (q.v.). Cf. Fr. raffiner, It. raffinare, Sp. refinar. General and fig. sense is recorded from 1596; of sugar, from 1613. Refinery in various senses is first
recorded 1727. Refinement "act or process of refining" is from 1611; meaning "fineness of feeling" is from 1708.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
refine re·fine (rĭ-fīn')
v. re·fined, re·fin·ing, re·fines
To reduce to a pure state; purify.
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