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Definition of Subtilize
1. Verb. Mark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words.
2. Verb. Make more subtle or refined.
3. Verb. Make (senses) more keen.
Definition of Subtilize
1. v. t. To make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse.
2. v. i. To refine in argument; to make very nice distinctions.
Definition of Subtilize
1. Verb. (transitive) To make subtle ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To use subtle arguments or distinctions ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subtilize
1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subtilize
Literary usage of Subtilize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New English and Italian Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary by John Millhouse, Ferdinando Bracciforti (1889)
"... va. i. to subtilize, refine, to attenuate, make fine; to sharpen, point; un.
to subtilize, to be over delicate; to refine, cavil; —arsi, vrf. to become ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"П. intrans. To refine ; elaborate or spin out, as in argument ; make very nice
distinctions ; split hairs. In doubtfull Cases he can subtilize, ..."
3. An Italian and English Dictionary with Pronunciation and Brief Etymologies by August Hjalmar Edgren, Giuseppe Bico, John Lawrence Gerig (1901)
"sharp- on (whet); make thin; subtilize (refine); ... thin wine ; mai —, phthisis ;
menta —, poor fare ; guardar nel —, be over-particular (subtilize); ..."
4. Dizionario delle lingue italiana ed ingleseby Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti by Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti (1807)
"... subtilize, to make thin. ... to subtilize, M use subtleties. ... to subtilize,
to use subtleties, to devise. ..."
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