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rerefine

rerefine verb: to refine again.

Verb

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

  1. To refine again.
    • 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

Forms of rerefine

third-person singular presentrerefines
present participlererefining
past participlererefined
pastrerefined

Origin of rerefine

From re- + refine.

Words formed from rerefine

Questions about rerefine

What does rerefine mean?
Rerefine means to refine again.
What part of speech is rerefine?
Rerefine is a verb.
What is the past tense of rerefine?
The past tense of rerefine is rerefined.

Words near rerefine in the dictionary

  1. rereferred
  2. rereferring
  3. rerefers
  4. rerefief
  5. rerefiefs
  6. rerefine
  7. rerefined
  8. rerefiner
  9. rerefiners
  10. rerefines
  11. rerefining

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