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Polish
v. t.
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To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass, marble, metals, etc.
Polish
v. t.
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Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners.
Polish
v. i.
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To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface; as, steel polishes well.
Polish
n.
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A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster.
Polish
n.
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Anything used to produce a gloss.
Polish
n.
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Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners.
Polishable
a.
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Capable of being polished.
Polished
a.
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Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse.
Polishedness
n.
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The quality of being polished.
Polisher
n.
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One who, or that which, polishes; also, that which is used in polishing.
Polishing
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a. & n. from Polish.
Polishment
n.
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The act of polishing, or the state of being polished.
Polite
v.
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Smooth; polished.
Polite
v.
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Smooth and refined in behavior or manners; well bred; courteous; complaisant; obliging; civil.
Polite
v.
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Characterized by refinement, or a high degree of finish; as, polite literature.
Polite
v. t.
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To polish; to refine; to render polite.
Politely
adv.
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In a polished manner; so as to be smooth or glossy.
Politely
adv.
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In a polite manner; with politeness.
Politeness
n.
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High finish; smoothness; burnished elegance.
Politeness
n.
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The quality or state of being polite; refinement of manners; urbanity; courteous behavior; complaisance; obliging attentions.
Politesse
n.
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Politeness.
Politic
a.
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Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government; political; as, the body politic. See under Body.
Politic
a.
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Pertaining to, or promoting, a policy, especially a national policy; well-devised; adapted to its end, whether right or wrong; -- said of things; as, a politic treaty.
Politic
a.
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Sagacious in promoting a policy; ingenious in devising and advancing a system of management; devoted to a scheme or system rather than to a principle; hence, in a good sense, wise; prudent; sagacious; and in a bad sense, artful; unscrupulous; cunning; -- said of persons.
Politic
n.
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A politician.
Political
a.
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Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration.
Political
a.
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Of or pertaining to public policy, or to politics; relating to affairs of state or administration; as, a political writer.
Political
a.
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Of or pertaining to a party, or to parties, in the state; as, his political relations were with the Whigs.
Political
a.
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Politic; wise; also, artful.
Politicalism
n.
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Zeal or party spirit in politics.