rerefine

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verb

To refine again.

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Meanings

verbrerefine (third-person singular simple present rerefines, present participle rerefining, simple past and past participle rerefined)

present singular third person rerefines · participle present rerefining · participle past rerefined · past rerefined

  1. To refine again.

    He states and restates, formulates and reformulates, refines and rerefines.

    2017, Gary Best, Harold Laski and American Liberalism, →ISBN, page 128
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    No, sir; I am referring to the sugar which we had to rerefine after the market broke, as I explained this morning.

    1922, United States. Congress. House. Agriculture Committee, Ward Sugar Resolution

    When working with an oil recycler, ask the person collecting the used oil how it will be recycled. If presented the choice, it is preferable to dispose of oil through companies that will rerefine the oil instead of companies that burn the oil for fuel.

    1994, Takashi Korenaga, Hiroshi Tsukube, Sumio Shinoda, Hazardous Waste Control in Research and Education, →ISBN, page 136

Origin

From re- + refine.

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APA

rerefine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rerefine

MLA

“rerefine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rerefine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rerefine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rerefine.

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