refining

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of refine

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Refinement (process of refining)

   “Then after that process which Culverwel describes as so many strainings, refinings, and clarifyings, the mind is prepared for a true insight into the real nature of the world by way of intuition.”