OVERREFINE

Meaning of OVERREFINE in English

v.tr. (also absol.)

1. refine too much.

2 make too subtle distinctions in (an argument etc.).

Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012

OVERREFINE — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ transitive verb Etymology: over (I) + refine : to refine to excess
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OVERREFINE — (v. t.) To refine too much.
Английский словарь Webster
OVERREFINE — ( v. t. ) To refine too much.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OVERREFINE — /oh'veuhr ri fuyn"/ , v.t., overrefined, overrefining . to refine excessively, as with oversubtle distinctions. [ 1705-15; OVER- + REFINE …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OVERREFINE — v. overly refine; be excessively or undesirably fastidious about small refinements (especially regarding subtle points of an argument)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
OVERREFINE — vt to refine too much.
Webster English vocab
OVERREFINE — v.tr. (also absol.) 1 refine too much. 2 make too subtle distinctions in (an argument etc.).
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OVERREFINE — v.tr. (also absol.) 1 refine too much. 2 make too subtle distinctions in (an argument etc.).
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OVERREFINE — v. вдаваться в излишние тонкости
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
OVERREFINE — v. вдаваться в излишние тонкости
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TORMENT — I. ˈtȯrˌment, -ȯ(ə)ˌm- sometimes chiefly Brit -_mənt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin tormentum …
Webster's New International English Dictionary

Oxford English vocab

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