Refine excessively
1overrefine — v.tr. (also absol.) 1 refine too much. 2 make too subtle distinctions in (an argument etc.). * * * verb refine too much or with excess of subtlety He is overrefining this matter • Syn: ↑over refine • Derivationally related forms: ↑overrefinement… …
2overrefine — /oh veuhr ri fuyn /, v.t., overrefined, overrefining. to refine excessively, as with oversubtle distinctions. [1705 15; OVER + REFINE] * * * …
3subtilize — I. v. a. 1. Make thin. 2. Rarefy, etherealize. 3. Refine excessively, make over nice. II. v. n. Refine, be over nice …
4overrefine — /oʊvərəˈfaɪn/ (say ohvuhruh fuyn) verb (t) (overrefined, overrefining) to refine excessively …
5overrefined — adj. excessively refined; excessively improved; excessively fine, excessively finespunv. overly refine; be excessively or undesirably fastidious about small refinements (especially regarding subtle points of an argument) …
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7Kraepelin, Emil — born Feb. 15, 1856, Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg Strelitz died Oct. 7, 1926, Munich, Ger. German psychiatrist. He taught at the Universities of Heidelberg and Munich, where he developed an influential classification system for mental illness, the… …
8Overlabor — O ver*la bor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overlabored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overlaboring}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To cause to labor excessively; to overwork. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To labor upon excessively; to refine unduly. [1913 Webster] …
9Overlabored — Overlabor O ver*la bor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overlabored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overlaboring}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To cause to labor excessively; to overwork. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To labor upon excessively; to refine unduly. [1913 Webster] …
10Overlaboring — Overlabor O ver*la bor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overlabored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overlaboring}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To cause to labor excessively; to overwork. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To labor upon excessively; to refine unduly. [1913 Webster] …
