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Definition of Over-refine
1. Verb. Refine too much or with excess of subtlety. "He is overrefining this matter"
Generic synonyms: Down, Fine-tune, Polish, Refine
Derivative terms: Overrefinement
Lexicographical Neighbors of Over-refine
Literary usage of Over-refine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1876)
"... and has brought his intelligent benevolence into embarrassing conflict with
his orthodoxy. He may be apt to over-refine and idealize in his " David ..."
2. The Treatment of Drapery in Art by George Woolliscroft Rhead (1904)
"criticism, and endeavour to produce work which shall not by any possibility give
a handle to cavillers ; we refine and over-refine. ,i- The Wellington ..."
3. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1863)
"But it is not to over-refine, in either sense, when we patiently study the
constitution and individuality of men respective to the treatment of their ..."
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