subtiliate

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verb

To make thin or rare; to rarefy.

OriginLatin subtiliare →
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Meanings

verbsubtiliate (third-person singular simple present subtiliates, present participle subtiliating, simple past and past participle subtiliated)

present singular third person subtiliates · participle present subtiliating · participle past subtiliated · past subtiliated

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo make thin or rare; to rarefy.

    The same being washed after the manner of lead, be singular for to subtiliat the thicke eye-lids.

    1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinsubtiliare
  2. Englishsubtiliate

Latin subtiliare.

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Chicago

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