Definition of "burnishes" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of burnish. (verb)

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• "Gold's reputation as a safe haven burnishes its allure, especially when stocks and bonds look unstable, as they do now."
• "The Last Secret burnishes Mary McGarry Morris's reputation as one of our most prodigiously gifted writers."
• "By opening the 9/11/11 show with the hard-won resolve of "Runaway," a song built around a promise not to run from the realities of relationship, and by allowing that promise to stay studded with more questions than answers, the band burnishes the louche hypotheses of its fine second album, Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers, into a rocky respectability."