Refine: alternatives and connections

To disprove or make void; to refute.

Use for models, processes, arguments, methods and designs that are already substantially formed.

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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To make better; to improve; to meliorate.

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To change or modify in any way for the better

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To make thin or slender, as by mechanical or chemical action upon inanimate objects, or by the effects of starvation, disease, etc., upon living bodi…

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Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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See Distill.

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To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle.

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To disprove or make void; to refute.

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To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable.

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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metal…

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To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor.

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To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

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To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.

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To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.

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To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

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To bring /// or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the…

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To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.

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To refine too much.

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A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish.

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To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine.

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To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.

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The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.

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The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits.

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The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits.

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The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas.

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The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas.

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One who, or that which, refines.

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One who, or that which, refines.

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The building and apparatus for refining or purifying, esp. metals and sugar.

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The building and apparatus for refining or purifying, esp. metals and sugar.

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Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between th…

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Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between th…

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Composed of two or more parts united; complex; complicated; involved.

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Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

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Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance;…

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Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.

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To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will,…

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To disprove or make void; to refute.

Refine overlaps with improve, but its tone, intensity or usual context may differ. Check the definition before substituting it.

To disprove or make void; to refute.

Refine means making something more precise or polished.