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RefineRefine Re*fine" (r?*f?n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Refined
(-find"); p. pr. & vb. n. Refining.] [Pref. re- + fine to
make fine: cf. F. raffiner.]
1. To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from
impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from
extraneous matter; to purify; to defecate; as, to refine
gold or silver; to refine iron; to refine wine or sugar.
I will bring the third part through the fire, and
will refine them as silver is refined. --Zech. xiii.
9.
2. 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.
Love refines The thoughts, and heart enlarges.
--Milton.
Syn: To purify; clarify; polish; ennoble. Refine
Refine Re*fine", v. i.
1. To become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter.
So the pure, limpid stream, when foul with stains,
Works itself clear, and, as it runs, refines.
--Addison.
2. To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
Chaucer refined on Boccace, and mended his stories.
--Dryden.
But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the wit
brightens! How the style refines! --Pope.
3. To affect nicety or subtilty in thought or language. ``He
makes another paragraph about our refining in
controversy.' --Atterbury.
Meaning of Refines from wikipedia
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Refining is the
process of
purification of a (1)
substance or a (2) form. The term is
usually used of a
natural resource that is
almost in a
usable form...
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Chinese were
among the
first civilizations to
refine oil. As
early as the
first century, the
Chinese were
refining crude oil for use as an
energy source. Between...
- In metallurgy,
refining consists of
purifying an
impure metal. It is to be
distinguished from
other processes such as
smelting and
calcining in that those...
- In
common usage, salt is a
mineral composed primarily of
sodium chloride (NaCl). When used in food,
especially in
granulated form, it is more formally...
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Refining is the
removal of
bubbles from the
molten gl****.
Alternatively the term "Fining" is used, in this case, "
refining"
refers to the
chemical processes...
- of a
group of
chemical engineering unit
processes and unit
operations refining certain materials or
converting raw
material into
products of value. Different...
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refinancing might be
referred to as debt restructuring. A loan (debt)
might be
refinanced for
various reasons: To take
advantage of a
better interest rate (a reduced...
- two most
notable of
these were Innovene, the
olefins and
derivatives and
refining subsidiary of BP, in
October 2005 for $9 billion, and ICI's
commodity chemicals...
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merged with
Conoco to form ConocoPhillips. The
merged company spun off its
refining, chemical, and
retail ****ets –
known in the oil
industry as downstream...
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starting point of the
Refine sub-brand
under JAC, with the van
originally being called the JAC
Refine MPV,
Refine I, and
Refine M1. The
original first...
