'Subtilize' definitions:
Definition of 'subtilize'
From: WordNet
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]
Synonyms of 'subtilize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adulterate,
- analyze,
- attenuate,
- contradistinguish,
- cut,
- demarcate,
- demark,
- dematerialize,
- differentiate,
- dilute,
- discriminate,
- disembody,
- distinguish,
- divide,
- draw the line,
- emacerate,
- emaciate,
- enervate,
- etherealize,
- expand,
- mark the interface,
- pick out,
- rarefy,
- sap,
- screen,
- screen out,
- segregate,
- select,
- separate,
- set a limit,
- set apart,
- set off,
- sever,
- severalize,
- sieve,
- sieve out,
- sift,
- sift out,
- sort,
- sort out,
- spiritualize,
- split hairs,
- subdivide,
- thin,
- thin away,
- thin down,
- thin out,
- water,
- water down,
- weaken,
- winnow