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re-refine en · VERB

Etymology

From re- + refine.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of rerefine.
    alt of rerefine
    • For instance, one of the aluminum companies has developed new processes that re-refine and smelt aluminum more efficiently, cutting energy consumption by 30 percent and, incidentally, cutting water use and polluting emissions. 2013, Barbara Ward, Progress for a Small Planet, →ISBN:

Forms

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re-refined Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
re-refined Tense=Past lexicographic
re-refines Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
re-refining Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic