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Definition
polish and make shiny — especially metal
or more generally: to improve something — especially the impression that something makes
or more generally: to improve something — especially the impression that something makes
- There were little elegant side tables everywhere, their burnished surfaces covered with ornamental boxes.p. 23.9
- There would be burnished, stick-legged Thoroughbreds, their jockeys in billowing bright silks, careering past.p. 157.6
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