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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Sug :: Sufism (n.) A refined mysticism among certain classes of Mohammedans, particularly in Persia, who hold to a kind of pantheism and practice extreme asceticism in their lives..
Sweepy :: Sweepwasher (n.) One who extracts the residuum of precious metals from the sweepings, potsherds, etc., of refineries of gold and silver, or places where these metals are used..
Sublimate :: Sublimate (v. t.) To refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate.
Conserve :: Conserve (n.) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection.
Smelt :: Smelt (v. i.) To melt or fuse, as, ore, for the purpose of separating and refining the metal; hence, to reduce; to refine; to flux or scorify; as, to smelt tin..
Urbanize :: Urbanize (v. t.) To render urban, or urbane; to refine; to polish..
Refine :: 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..
Euphuism :: Euphuism (n.) An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of language; high-flown diction.
Tenuity :: Tenuity (n.) Refinement; delicacy.
Delicate :: Delicate (a.) Pleasing to the senses; refinedly agreeable; hence, adapted to please a nice or cultivated taste; nice; fine; elegant; as, a delicate dish; delicate flavor..
Vulgar :: Vulgar (a.) Hence, lacking cultivation or refinement; rustic; boorish; also, offensive to good taste or refined feelings; low; coarse; mean; base; as, vulgar men, minds, language, or manners..
Tough-pitch :: Tough-pitch (n.) The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of well reduced and refined copper.
Titler :: Titler (n.) A large truncated cone of refined sugar.
Inelegant :: Inelegant (a.) Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, grave, or ornament; wanting in anything which correct taste requires..
Try :: Try (v. t.) To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out, and procure in a pure state, as oil, tallow, lard, etc..
Spirituosity :: Spiritielle (a.) Of the nature, or having the appearance, of a spirit; pure; refined; ethereal..
Recherche :: Recherche (a.) Sought out with care; choice. Hence: of rare quality, elegance, or attractiveness; peculiar and refined in kind..
Fine :: Fine (a.) To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold..
Rough :: Rough (n.) Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or polish..
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..
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