Expand and Refine

Expand

Expand verb - To express more fully and in greater detail.

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Refine and expand are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Refine" instead a verb "Expand".

Refine verb - To make better.

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Expand and refine are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Expand" instead a verb "Refine".

Nearby Words: refinement, refining, refinery, refiner

power	expand power	refine power
control	expand control	refine control
system	expand system	refine system
world	expand world	refine world
Other words: bit, game, story, theory, skills, powers, abilities.

As each of them is a natural latent psyker, they simply need training to expand and refine their psychic powers, and extend their life cycle.

Source: The Ageless
These stories would go on to influence dozens of authors who would expand and refine the genre, and they were loved most greatly by a certain Mr Howard Phillips Lovecraft, an introverted fellow who'd go on to set the tone of horror fiction for the rest of the 20th century.

Source: Creator / Edgar Allan Poe

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