verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To refine to an excessive degree. transitive
2. 2
   refine too much or with excess of subtlety wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

over refineover-refine

Etymology

From over- + refine.

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