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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fine \Fine\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Fined} (f[imac]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fining}.] [From {Fine}, adjective]
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
fined \fined\ adjective subjected to punishment by a fine.
Syn: mulcted. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
fined
adjective: punished by the imposition of a penalty [syn: {penalized}, {penalised}]
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