"re-refine" meaning in English

See re-refine in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: re-refines [present, singular, third-person], re-refining [participle, present], re-refined [participle, past], re-refined [past]
Etymology: re- + refine Etymology templates: {{pre|en|re|refine}} re- + refine Head templates: {{en-verb}} re-refine (third-person singular simple present re-refines, present participle re-refining, simple past and past participle re-refined)
  1. Alternative form of rerefine Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: rerefine
    Sense id: en-re-refine-en-verb-JcSXR3ZJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re-

Inflected forms

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