(v) :
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; as, to refine gold or silver; to refine iron; to refine wine or sugar; 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