Meaning of SUBTILIZE
| Pronunciation: | | 'sut`lIz
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- [v] make more keen, as of the senses
- [v] make more subtle or refined
- [v] mark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words
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| | Synonyms: | | rarefy, sublimate, subtilise |
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| | See Also: | | alter, change, discriminate, heighten, know apart, sharpen | |
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\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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