What does subtilize mean?
Definitions for subtilize
sub·tilize
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Princeton's WordNet
subtilizeverb
mark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words
rarefy, sublimate, subtilizeverb
make more subtle or refined
subtilize, subtiliseverb
make (senses) more keen
Wiktionary
subtilizeverb
To make subtle
subtilizeverb
To use subtle arguments or distinctions
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Subtilizeverb
Etymology: subtilizer, French; from subtile.
Chyle, being mixed with the choler and pancreatick juices, is further subtilized, and rendered so fluid and penetrant, that the thinner and finer part easily finds way in at the streight orifices of the lacteous veins. John Ray, on the Creation.
Body cannot be vital; for if it be, then is it so either as subtilized or organized, moved or endowed with life. Nehemiah Grew.
The most obvious verity is subtilized into niceties, and spun into a thread indiscernible by common opticks. Joseph Glanvill.
To Subtilizeverb
To talk with too much refinement.
Qualities and moods some modern philosophers have subtilized on. Kenelm Digby, on Bodies.
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subtilize
To subtilize means to make subtle or refined; to make a distinction more subtle or precise. It can also refer to the process of becoming more intellectual or complex.
Webster Dictionary
Subtilizeverb
to make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse
Subtilizeverb
to refine; to spin into niceties; as, to subtilize arguments
Subtilizeverb
to refine in argument; to make very nice distinctions
Etymology: [L. subtiliser.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of subtilize in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of subtilize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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