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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fine \Fine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fined}; p. pr & vb n. {Fining}.] [From {Fine}, a.] 1. To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as to fine gold. It hath been fined and refined by . . . learned men. --Hobbes. 2. To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.; as to fine the soil. --L. H. Bailey. 3. To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually. I often sate at home On evenings, watching how they fined themselves With gradual conscience to a perfect night. --Browning. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fined adj : punished by the imposition of a penalty [syn: {penalized}]
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