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What is the verb for subtle?

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subtilize
  1. (transitive) To make subtle; to make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse.
  2. (transitive) To refine; to spin into niceties.
  3. (intransitive) To use subtle arguments or distinctions.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. rarefy, attenuate, dilute, cut, thin, water, thin out, water down, equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, waffle, pussyfoot, fudge, dodge, hedge, flannel, fence, weasel, sidestep, evade, quibble, stall, temporise, temporize, parry, stonewall, shuffle, cavil, palter, con, jive, adumbrate, fib, lie, pettifog, shilly-shally, be evasive, be non-committal, dodge the issue, parry questions, beat about the bush, evade the issue, hum and haw, fudge the issue, be vague, hem and haw, sit on the fence, duck the question, shuffle about … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “His work is a quest for harmony and inner peace which he manages to subtilize from Nature filtering them through his own personality.”
      “Wandamba of the ancient African East always released lycaons that had fallen in pits because they considered them as colleague hunters to whom they could sometimes subtilize the prey which they had hunted.”
      “Its Office is to subtilize the Blood by cleansing and refining it.”
subtilise
  1. Alternative spelling of subtilize
subtilises
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of subtilise
subtilizes
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of subtilize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rarefies, attenuates, dilutes, cuts, thins, waters, thins out, waters down, equivocates, tergiversates, prevaricates, prevaricateth, waffles, pussyfoots, fudges, dodges, hedges, flannels, fences, weasels, sidesteps, evades, quibbles, stalls, temporises, temporizes, parries, stonewalls, shuffles, cavils, palters, cons, jives, adumbrates, fibs, lies, pettifogs, shilly-shallies, dodges the issue, parries questions, beats about the bush, evades the issue, hums and haws, fudges the issue, hems and haws, sits on the fence, ducks the question, shuffles about, cops out, ducks the issue … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I hope I have made clear that intuitionism on the one hand subtilizes logic, on the other hand denounces logic as a source of truth.”
      “We are not now in search of the vanishing point where Matter subtilizes.”
subtilized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of subtilize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rarefied, attenuated, diluted, cut, thinned, watered, thinned out, watered down, equivocated, tergiversated, prevaricated, waffled, pussyfooted, fudged, dodged, hedged, flanneled, flannelled, fenced, weaseled, weaselled, sidestepped, evaded, quibbled, stalled, temporised, temporized, parried, stonewalled, shuffled, cavilled, caviled, paltered, conned, jived, adumbrated, fibbed, lied, lay, laid, pettifogged, shilly-shallied, dodged the issue, parried questions, beat about the bush, beaten about the bush, evaded the issue, hummed and hawed, fudged the issue, hemmed and hawed … more
subtilised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of subtilise
  2. Examples:
      3. “Alcohol is the Hebrew Kaal, with the same prefix, and signifies something highly subtilised, pure spirit.”
subtilising
  1. present participle of subtilise
subtilizing
  1. present participle of subtilize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rarefying, attenuating, diluting, cutting, thinning, watering, thinning out, watering down, equivocating, tergiversating, prevaricating, waffling, pussyfooting, fudging, dodging, hedging, flanneling, flannelling, fencing, weaseling, weaselling, sidestepping, evading, quibbling, stalling, temporising, temporizing, parrying, stonewalling, shuffling, cavilling, caviling, paltering, conning, jiving, adumbrating, fibbing, lying, pettifogging, shilly-shallying, dodging the issue, parrying questions, beating about the bush, evading the issue, humming and hawing, fudging the issue, hemming and hawing, sitting on the fence, ducking the question, shuffling about … more
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