Refine
Definition of Refine
Re`fine´ Pronunciation: r?`f?n´ | v. t. | 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. | | 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. | | v. i. | 1. | To become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter. | | 2. | To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence. | | 3. | To affect nicety or subtilty in thought or language. |
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