Definition of refine

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Refine (v. t.) 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..

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Fine :: Fine (superl.) Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful..
Spiritous :: Spiritous (a.) Like spirit; refined; defecated; pure.
Subtilty :: Subtilty (n.) Refinement; extreme acuteness; subtlety.
Refinery :: Refinery (n.) A furnace in which cast iron is refined by the action of a blast on the molten metal.
Subtilized :: Subtilization (n.) Refinement; subtlety; extreme attenuation.
Refinery :: Refinery (n.) The building and apparatus for refining or purifying, esp. metals and sugar..
Rough :: Rough (n.) Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or polish..
Refine :: Refine (v. i.) To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence..
Dark :: Dark (a.) Destitute of knowledge and culture; in moral or intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant.
Civilize :: Civilize (v. t.) To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.
Polite :: Polite (v. t.) To polish; to refine; to render polite.
Rectificator :: Rectificator (n.) That which rectifies or refines; esp., a part of a distilling apparatus in which the more volatile portions are separated from the less volatile by the process of evaporation and condensation; a rectifier..
Rude :: Rude (superl.) Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse.
Inelegancy :: Inelegancy (n.) The quality of being inelegant; want of elegance or grace; want of refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners..
Test :: Test (v. t.) To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or cupel; to subject to cupellation..
Persicot :: Persicot (n.) A cordial made of the kernels of apricots, nectarines, etc., with refined spirit..
Civilization :: Civilization (n.) The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; national culture; refinement..
Homeliness :: Homeliness (n.) Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the homeliness of manners, or language..
Philistine :: Philistine (n.) A person deficient in liberal culture and refinement; one without appreciation of the nobler aspirations and sentiments of humanity; one whose scope is limited to selfish and material interests.
Prefine :: Prefine (v. t.) To limit beforehand.
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