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Webster 1913 Edition

(-f?nd′)

Adj.

Freed from impurities or alloy; purifed; polished; cultured; delicate; as; refined gold; refined language; refined sentiments.

Refined

wits who honored poesy with their pens.

Peacham.

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Re-fin′ed-ly

(r[GREEK]-f[GREEK]n′[GREEK]d-l[GREEK])

adv.

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Re-fin′ed-ness

Noun.

pp.

Purified; separated from extraneous matter; assayed, as metals; clarified, as liquors; polished; separated from what is coarse, rude or improper.