subtilize
English
Verb
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- (transitive) To make subtle; to make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse.
- (transitive) To refine; to spin into niceties.
- to subtilize arguments
- Burke
- Nor as yet have we subtilized ourselves into savages.
- (intransitive) To use subtle arguments or distinctions.