Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Refined \Re*fined"\ (-f?nd"), a.
   Freed from impurities or alloy; purifed; polished; cultured;
   delicate; as; refined gold; refined language; refined
   sentiments.

         Refined wits who honored poesy with their pens.
                                                  --Peacham.
   -- {Re*fin"ed*ly} (r?*f?n"?d*l?), adv. -- {Re*fin"ed*ness},
   n.