SUBTILIZE

subtilize, subtilise

(verb) make (senses) more keen

rarefy, sublimate, subtilize

(verb) make more subtle or refined

subtilize

(verb) mark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

subtilize (third-person singular simple present subtilizes, present participle subtilizing, simple past and past participle subtilized)

(transitive) To make subtle; to make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse.

(transitive) To refine; to spin into niceties.

(intransitive) To use subtle arguments or distinctions.

Source: Wiktionary

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Sub"til*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subtilized; p. pr. & vb. n. Subtilizing.] Etym: [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.

Definition: To refine in argument; to make very nice distinctions. Milner.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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