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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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.
Overrefinement :: Overrefinement (n.) Excessive refinement.
Civilization :: Civilization (n.) The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; national culture; refinement..
Polite :: Polite (v.) Smooth and refined in behavior or manners; well bred; courteous; complaisant; obliging; civil.
Attic :: Attic (a.) Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined..
Civilized :: Civilized (a.) Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated..
Refinery :: Refinery (n.) A furnace in which cast iron is refined by the action of a blast on the molten metal.
Terse :: Terse (superl.) Refined; accomplished; -- said of persons.
Exaltation :: Exaltation (n.) The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property..
Homeliness :: Homeliness (n.) Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the homeliness of manners, or language..
Liberal :: Liberal (a.) Free by birth; hence, befitting a freeman or gentleman; refined; noble; independent; free; not servile or mean; as, a liberal ancestry; a liberal spirit; liberal arts or studies..
Spiritous :: Spiritous (a.) Like spirit; refined; defecated; pure.
Polite :: Polite (v.) Characterized by refinement, or a high degree of finish; as, polite literature..
Elaboration :: Elaboration (n.) The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
Vulgarity :: Vulgarity (n.) Grossness or clownishness of manners of language; absence of refinement; coarseness.
Polish :: Polish (n.) Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners.
Fine :: Fine (superl.) Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful..
Spirituosity :: Spiritielle (a.) Of the nature, or having the appearance, of a spirit; pure; refined; ethereal..
Delicacy :: Delicacy (a.) Nice propriety of manners or conduct; susceptibility or tenderness of feeling; refinement; fastidiousness; and hence, in an exaggerated sense, effeminacy; as, great delicacy of behavior; delicacy in doing a kindness; delicacy of character that unfits for earnest action..
Elixir :: Elixir (n.) The refined spirit; the quintessence.
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