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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Genteel :: Genteel (a.) Possessing or exhibiting the qualities popularly regarded as belonging to high birth and breeding; free from vulgarity, or lowness of taste or behavior; adapted to a refined or cultivated taste; polite; well-bred; as, genteel company, manners, address..
Affine :: Affine (v. t.) To refine.
Terse :: Terse (superl.) Refined; accomplished; -- said of persons.
Inelegancy :: Inelegancy (n.) The quality of being inelegant; want of elegance or grace; want of refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners..
Pured :: Pured (a.) Purified; refined.
Urbanity :: Urbanity (n.) The quality or state of being urbane; civility or courtesy of manners; politeness; refinement.
Euphuize :: Euphuize (v. t.) To affect excessive refinement in language; to be overnice in expression.
Empyreal :: Empyreal (a.) Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond aerial substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of heaven.
Subtilty :: Subtilty (n.) Refinement; extreme acuteness; subtlety.
Fine :: Fine (superl.) Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful..
Refinery :: Refinery (n.) The building and apparatus for refining or purifying, esp. metals and sugar..
Polish :: Polish (n.) Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners.
Politeness :: Politeness (n.) The quality or state of being polite; refinement of manners; urbanity; courteous behavior; complaisance; obliging attentions.
Chasten :: Chasten (v. t.) To purify from errors or faults; to refine.
Polish :: Polish (v. t.) Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners..
Civilized :: Civilized (a.) Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated..
Polished :: Polished (a.) Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse..
Sublimation :: Sublimated (a.) Refined by, or as by, sublimation; exalted; purified..
Conserve :: Conserve (n.) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection.
Sugariness :: Sugar-house (n.) A building in which sugar is made or refined; a sugar manufactory.
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