SUBTILIZES

Verb

subtilizes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of subtilize

Source: Wiktionary


SUBTILIZE

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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