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subtilize |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Subtilize \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Subtilize \Sub"til*ize\, v. i. To refine in argument; to make very nice distinctions. --Milner. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: subtilize v 1: mark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words 2: make more subtle or refined [syn: {rarefy}, {sublimate}] 3: make more keen, as of the senses
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