verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All the valve and operating fittings for the above locos were completed and burnished by hand at Wolverton Works Brass Shop.
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But we have trouble seeing them for what they really are because of the images burnished into our consciousness by movie-makers.
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For nearly three years President Clinton has carefully burnished his crime-fighter credentials.
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Some long shots burnished their chances, some favourites lost ground.
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Way at the front end of the house red light came pouring through the tunnel and showed the lake burnished and menacing.