About The Word Subtilize
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Subtilize
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What's The Definition Of Subtilize?
[v] make more keen, as of the senses
[v] make more subtle or refined [v] mark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words Synonyms | Synonyms for Subtilize: rarefy | sublimate | subtilise Related Terms | Find terms related to Subtilize: See Also | alter | change | discriminate | heighten | know apart | sharpen Subtilize In Webster's Dictionary \Sub"til*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subtilized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Subtilizing}.] [L. subtiliser.]
1. To make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse.
2. To refine; to spin into niceties; as, to subtilize
arguments.
Nor as yet have we subtilized ourselves into
savages. --Burke.
\Sub"til*ize\, v. i. To refine in argument; to make very nice distinctions. --Milner. |
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