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subtilize v. 使稀薄;使精细;细微区别 使稀薄;使精细;细微区别 subtilize v 1: mark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words 2: make more subtle or refined [ synonym: { rarefy}, { sublimate}, { subtilize}] 3: make ( senses) more keen [ synonym: { subtilize}, { subtilise}] Subtilize \ Sub" til* ize\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Subtilized}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Subtilizing}.] [ L. subtiliser.] 1. To make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To refine; to spin into niceties; as, to subtilize arguments. [ 1913 Webster] Nor as yet have we subtilized ourselves into savages. -- Burke. [ 1913 Webster]
Subtilize \ Sub" til* ize\, v. i. To refine in argument; to make very nice distinctions. -- Milner. [ 1913 Webster] 51 Moby Thesaurus words for " subtilize": adulterate, analyze, attenuate, contradistinguish, cut, demarcate, demark, dematerialize, differentiate, dilute, discriminate, disembody, distinguish, divide, draw the line, emacerate, emaciate, enervate, etherealize, expand, mark the interface, pick out, rarefy, sap, screen, screen out, segregate, select, separate, set a limit, set apart, set off, sever, severalize, sieve, sieve out, sift, sift out, sort, sort out, spiritualize, split hairs, subdivide, thin, thin away, thin down, thin out, water, water down, weaken, winnow
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