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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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
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
What should not we see if we could still subtilise and improve more and more the instruments that help out weak and dull sight?
From The Existence of God by Henry Morley
We reduce digestion to thought; we subtilise secretions.
From The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul by Gustave Flaubert
