Meaning
- To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities.
- To become pure; to be cleared of impure matter.
- To purify of coarseness, vulgarity, inelegance, etc.; to polish.
- To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
- To make nice or subtle.
Synonyms
rectify
make pure
make acceptable
clarificate
desintering
dressing-off
cleaning-off
work further
enhance
Frequency
Hyphenated as
re‧fine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɹɪˈfaɪn/
Etymology
From re- + fine.
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