'Subtilizing' definitions:
Definition of 'Subtilizing'
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]