subtilize

About 0.00 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To make subtle; to make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse.
2. verb To refine; to spin into niceties.

   to subtilize arguments

3. verb To use subtle arguments or distinctions.

Similar words

rarefy sublimate subtilise subtiliate refine attenuate slighten thin subminiaturize sublimize

Often followed by

the it them objections and on

Word family

subtilization subtilizations subtilized subtilizes subtilizing