Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to refine
Participle: refined
Gerund: refining
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | refine |
| you | refine |
| he;she;it | refines |
| we | refine |
| you | refine |
| they | refine |
Perfect
| I | have refined |
| you | have refined |
| he;she;it | has refined |
| we | have refined |
| you | have refined |
| they | have refined |
Past
| I | refined |
| you | refined |
| he;she;it | refined |
| we | refined |
| you | refined |
| they | refined |
Pluperfect
| I | had refined |
| you | had refined |
| he;she;it | had refined |
| we | had refined |
| you | had refined |
| they | had refined |
Future
| I | will refine |
| you | will refine |
| he;she;it | will refine |
| we | will refine |
| you | will refine |
| they | will refine |
Future Perfect
| I | will have refined |
| you | will have refined |
| he;she;it | will have refined |
| we | will have refined |
| you | will have refined |
| they | will have refined |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | refine |
| you | refine |
| he;she;it | refine |
| we | refine |
| you | refine |
| they | refine |
Perfect
| I | have refined |
| you | have refined |
| he;she;it | have refined |
| we | have refined |
| you | have refined |
| they | have refined |
Imperfect
| I | refined |
| you | refined |
| he;she;it | refined |
| we | refined |
| you | refined |
| they | refined |
Pluperfect
| I | had refined |
| you | had refined |
| he;she;it | had refined |
| we | had refined |
| you | had refined |
| they | had refined |
Conditional
Present
| I | would refine |
| you | would refine |
| he;she;it | would refine |
| we | would refine |
| you | would refine |
| they | would refine |
Perfect
| I | would have refined |
| you | would have refined |
| he;she;it | would have refined |
| we | would have refined |
| you | would have refined |
| they | would have refined |
Imperative
| you | refine |
| we | Let's refine |
| you | refine |
Verbs conjugated like 'refine'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'refine'
define,
prefine,
refile,
refind,
refire,
reline,
remine,
repine,
affine,
befie,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities.
- unmix
- purify
- filter, cultivate, cleanse, strain, sift, process, purge, rarefy
- polish
- perfect, improve, cultivate, better, clarify, civilize, edify, elevate
Antonyms
- polish
- dull, deface, mar, ruin
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Italic *wre-
3. Latin re-der.
4. Old French re-bor.
5. Middle English re-
6. English re-
7. English fine
8. English refine
9. From re- + fine.
Sample Sentences
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The tone of the best society in this city, is like that of Boston; here and there, it may be, with a greater infusion of the mercantile spirit, but generally polished and refined, and always most hospitable. The houses and tables are elegant; the hours later and more rakish; and there is, perhaps, a greater spirit of contention in reference to appearances, and the display [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The faces of the women, as I have said, it humanises and refines. Whether this be because of their better nature, which is elicited in solitude, or because of their being gentler creatures, of greater patience and longer suffering, I do not know; but so it is. [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] that all men are _not_ born free, nor born equal; they are born anything else. For my part, I think half this republican talk sheer humbug. It is the educated, the intelligent, the wealthy, the refined, who ought to have equal rights and not the canaille. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The woman took no notice of these taunts, but walked on, with the same expression of angry scorn, as if she heard nothing. Tom had always lived among refined, and cultivated people, and he felt intuitively, from her air and bearing, that she belonged to that class; but how or why she could be fallen to those degrading circumstances, he could not tell. [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)