subtilize
verb (used with object)
to elevate in character; sublimate.
subtilise
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a variation of
subtilize.
Example Sentences
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Let people argue and subtilise upon the matter as much as they please, yet they never will persuade a man of sense that the “Iliad” was the mere result of chance.
From The Existence of God by Henry Morley
Refine and subtilise your language to the very uttermost, and it will still retain associations and reminiscences, however faint and distant, of the material world.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill
Our poets subtilise and exaggerate the sentiment, whilst agreeably to the real Italian character, it is a rapid and profound impression, which rather expresses itself by silent and passionate actions than by ingenious language.
From Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) Or Italy by R. S. Greig
They take perfectly clear texts and subtilise on them till they make them doubtful, under the pretext of freeing them from imaginary corruptions.
From Introduction to the Study of History by George Godfrey Berry
It was just the touch needed to add a sense of mystic instability to the earth and to subtilise the prosaic farmland into the realm of illusion.
From The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance by Paul Elmer More
