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re-fe'r', v. t. [-ferred (-fgrd'), -ferring.] eQn, cQbe, full; moon, fdot; cow, carry or send back, pa over, give in charge; to pa the over to another tribunal or authority for decision; to a ign to as a cla , a cause, motive, reason, or ground of explanation. — V. i. To have recourse, apply, tion; betake to relate; one's to make self; reference to have or reference allusion, or direct relaattention; to direct or apply for information or a guarantee of any kind. — Referable, Refer'rible, a. Capable of being referred; a ignable; ascribable; imputable. — Referee', n. One to whom a thing is referred; a person to whom has been refer ed a matter in dispute in order that he may settle it; arbitrator; umpire. —Reference, -ens, n. Act of referring, or state of being referred; a directing, n. delivering, making over, or sending, as ior treatment, decision, information, etc.; respect: heed; concern taken; allusion; intimation; one of whom in- ' quiries can be made as to the integrity, capacity, j of | etc., of another; a pa age in a work to which the I reader is referred from another pa age. \ Refine, re-fin', v. t. [-fined (-find'), -fining.] To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities. (Metal.) To reduce (metals) from the ore: to separate from other metals or from dro . To purify from what is gro , coarse, vulgar, ineleor gant, low, etc. — v.i. To become pure, be cleared for of feculent matter; to improve in accuracy. delicacy, or excellence of any kind; to affect nicety or subtil tv in thought or language. — Refine'ment, re. Act of, or state of being, etc.; nigh cultivation; culture; elegance; over-nicety; affected subtilty. — Refin'er, re. — Refin'ery, -er-T, re. The place and apparatus for refining metals, sugar, etc.