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    OVERREFINE

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     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Refine too much or with excess of subtletyplay

    Example:

    He is overrefining this matter

    Synonyms:

    over-refine; overrefine

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "overrefine" is one way to...):

    down; fine-tune; polish; refine (improve or perfect by pruning or polishing)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something

    Derivation:

    overrefinement (the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean)

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