subtilise
- a variation of subtilize.
Example Sentences
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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 Greig, R. S.
My boy, do not listen to those who, like me, subtilise on the good and the evil.
From The Queen Pedauque by Stritzko, Jos. A. V.
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 Berry, George Godfrey
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 More, Paul Elmer
I forbade you to subtilise; and that puts you out of humour.
From The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise by Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim
