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
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
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
24 April 2025
(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
