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subtilize

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To make subtle; to make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse.
    transitive
  2. To refine; to spin into niceties.
    transitive
  3. To use subtle arguments or distinctions.
    intransitive

Examples

“to subtilize arguments”
“Nor as yet have⟳ we subtilized ourselves into savages.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

subtilized subtilizes subtilizing subtitle subtitled subtitling

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