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v. To render subtle: "I need to tell stories. I find new friends, new listeners, subtilize my lies” ( Helen Yglesias).

verb-intransitive. To argue or discuss with subtlety; make fine distinctions.

v. To make subtle

v. To use subtle arguments or distinctions

v. To make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse.

v. To refine; to spin into niceties.

verb-intransitive. To refine in argument; to make very nice distinctions.

To make thin or fine; make less gross or coarse; refine or etherealize, as matter; spin out finely, as an argument.

To refine; elaborate or spin out, as in argument; make very nice distinctions; split hairs.

Also spelled subtilise.

v. make more subtle or refined

v. mark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words

v. make (senses) more keen

"Remember they are trying to subtilize, trying to eliminate the gross, and are trying to make everything in which the Light can function."

subtilized    subtilizing   

change    modify    alter    discriminate    know apart    heighten    sharpen   

refine