refining

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪnɪŋ

Verb

refining

1. present participle of refine

Noun

refining (plural refinings)

1. Refinement (process of refining)
   • 1931, John de Boer, The Theory of Knowledge of the Cambridge Platonists (page 64)

     Then after that process which Culverwel describes as so many strainings, refinings, and clarifyings, the mind is prepared for a true insight into the real nature of the world by way of intuition.

Translations

process — see refinement

Anagrams

• Infinger, enfiring, infringe