1. (verb) improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

• down
• fine-tune
• polish

2. (verb) make more complex, intricate, or richer

• complicate
• elaborate
• rarify

3. (verb) reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities

• rectify

1. (verb) improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

• ameliorate
• amend
• better
• improve
• meliorate

2. (verb) make more complex, intricate, or richer

• alter
• change
• modify

3. (verb) treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition

• process
• treat

4. (verb) reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities

• distill
• make pure
• purify
• sublimate

5. (verb) attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying

• attenuate

6. (verb) make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of

• alter
• change
• modify

1. (verb) improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

• civilise
• civilize
• cultivate
• educate
• school
• train
• over-refine
• overrefine

2. (verb) make more complex, intricate, or richer

• develop
• involve
• sophisticate

1. (verb) improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

• cultivation
• cultivation
• culture
• culture
• finish
• finish
• polish
• polish
• refinement
• refinement
• elaboration
• refinement
• refiner

2. (verb) make more complex, intricate, or richer

• complicatedness
• complication
• knottiness
• tortuousness
• complication
• elaborateness
• elaboration
• intricacy
• involution
• elaboration
• working out
• elaboration
• refinement

3. (verb) treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition

• purification
• refinement
• refining
• refiner
• refinery

4. (verb) reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities

• purification
• purification
• refinement
• refinement
• refining
• refining
• rectification
• refiner

5. (verb) make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of

• nicety
• nuance
• refinement
• shade
• subtlety