SUB'TILIZE, verb transitive [Latin subtilis.] 1. To make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse. 2. To refine; to spin into niceties; as, to subtilize arguments. SUB'TILIZE, verb intransitive To refine in argument; to make very nice distinctions. In whatever manner the papist might subtilize--
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