Found 2 items, similar to Subtilized.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: subtilize
subtilize
v 1: mark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words
2: make more subtle or refined [syn:
rarefy,
sublimate]
3: make (senses) more keen [syn:
subtilise]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Subtilized
Subtilize
\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.
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2. To refine; to spin into niceties; as, to subtilize
arguments.
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Nor as yet have we subtilized ourselves into
savages. --Burke.
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