'Subtilize' definitions:

Definition of 'subtilize'

From: WordNet
verb
Mark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words
verb
Make more subtle or refined [syn: rarefy, sublimate, subtilize]
verb
Make (senses) more keen [syn: subtilize, subtilise]

Definition of 'Subtilize'

From: GCIDE
  • Subtilize \Sub"til*ize\, v. i. To refine in argument; to make very nice distinctions. --Milner. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Subtilize'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To refine; to spin into niceties; as, to subtilize arguments. [1913 Webster]
  • Nor as yet have we subtilized ourselves into savages. --Burke. [1913 Webster]