refines

third-person singular simple present indicative of refine

refine

1. (transitive) To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities.
2. (intransitive) To become pure; to be cleared of impure matter.
3. (transitive) To purify of coarseness, vulgarity, inelegance, etc.; to polish.
4. (ambitransitive) To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
5. (transitive) To make nice or subtle.

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