refine
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
refine (third-person singular simple present refines, present participle refining, simple past and past participle refined)
- 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; 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 excellent; to polish; as, to refine the manners, the language, the style, the taste, the intellect, or the moral feelings.
- To become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter.
- To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
- To affect nicety or subtlety in thought or language.
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Translations [edit]
to reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy
to purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or excellent; to polish
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to become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter
to improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence
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to affect nicety or subtlety in thought or language
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External links [edit]
- refine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- refine in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
refine (infinitive refinar)
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of refinar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of refinar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of refinar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of refinar.
Portuguese [edit]
Verb [edit]
refine
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- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Spanish verb subjunctive forms
- Spanish verb first-person forms
- Spanish verb present forms
- Spanish verb third-person forms
- Portuguese verb forms
