Meanings
verbsubtilise (third-person singular simple present subtilises, present participle subtilising, simple past and past participle subtilised)
present singular third person subtilises · participle present subtilising · participle past subtilised · past subtilised
- alternativeAlternative spelling of subtilize.
The refinement of our tastes, of course, is communicated to our sentiments; and we exaggerate, subtilise, and spiritualise—the three chief ingredients of romance.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 303
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