Subtilize /(?)/

Sub·til·ize

Subtilize

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Subtilized; p. pr. & vb. n. Subtilizing

  1. To make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse.
  2. To refine; to spin into niceties; as, to subtilize arguments.
    Nor as yet have we subtilized ourselves into savages.

Subtilize

v. i.
  1. To refine in argument; to make very nice distinctions.