refine

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 External links 1.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From re- + fine.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹɪˈfaɪn/
• Rhymes: -aɪn

[edit] Verb

to refine (third-person singular simple present refines, present participle refining, simple past and past participle refined)

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; 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 excellent; to polish; as, to refine the manners, the language, the style, the taste, the intellect, or the moral feelings.
3. To become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter.
4. To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
5. To affect nicety or subtlety in thought or language.

[edit] Related terms

• refinement
• refiner
• refinery

[edit] Translations

• Catalan: refinar (1,2,3,4)
• Czech: rafinovat cs(cs)
• Danish: forfine
• Dutch: verfijnen nl(nl)
• Finnish: jalostaa (1,2,4)
• French: raffiner, affiner, perfectionner
• Portuguese: refinar pt(pt)

[edit] External links

• refine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• refine in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: eefinr
• ferine