Bible Dictionaries
Subtilize

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

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

(2):

(v. t.) To make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse.

(3):

(v. t.) To refine; to spin into niceties; as, to subtilize arguments.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Subtilize'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/subtilize.html. 1828.