subtilize — Dizionario inglese

Verbo

1. To make subtle; to make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse.

   Uso

   • transitivo

2. To refine; to spin into niceties.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Esempi

   to subtilize arguments

   Nor as yet have we subtilized ourselves into savages.

3. To use subtle arguments or distinctions.

   Uso

   • intransitivo

Verbo

1. mark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words

   Termini più generali

   discriminateknow apart

2. make more subtle or refined

   Sinonimi

   rarefysublimate

   Termini più generali

   changealtermodify

3. make (senses) more keen

   Sinonimi

   subtilise

   Termini più generali

   sharpenheighten