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Subtilize
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Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To refine in argument; to make very nice distinctions. Milner.