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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. refine too much or with excess of subtlety;
- Example: "He is overrefining this matter"
[syn: overrefine, over-refine]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Overrefine \O`ver*re*fine"\, v. t. To refine too much. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

overrefine v 1: refine too much or with excess of subtlety; "He is overrefining this matter" [syn: overrefine, over- refine]