subtlizev.

Brit.

/ˈsʌtl̩ʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈsədlˌaɪz/

Forms: 1800s– subtleise, 1800s– subtleize, 1900s– subtlise, 1900s– subtlize.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: subtle adj., -ize suffix.

Etymology: < subtle adj. + -ize suffix. Compare earlier subtilize v.

†1. intransitive. To argue or reason subtly; = subtilize v. 1a(a). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > pursue subtleties [verb (intransitive)]

windc1386

subtlec1390

subtilea1450

subtilize1592

to cut a feathera1634

to split a hair or hairs1674

to split straws1674

to split words1674

Thomisticate1730

subtlize1821

1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 9 301 The human mind is displayed..in its acuteness, subtleizing to infinity.

1834 Caledonian Mercury 12 May The author of this book has read and learned much, but he has reflected and subtleized still more.

2. transitive. To render subtle (in various senses of the adjective).

ΚΠ

1835 W. A. Caruthers Cavaliers of Virginia II. xi. 218 There is a mysterious system of ethics which the world understands not—the reputed wise, subtleize it, and the vainly wicked contemn and despise it.

1885 Southern Bivouac Sept. 197/2 He had over-refined and subtleized his mind by too much study.

1921 Drama July 375/1 Art..is not concerned with nervous excitement in the narrow sense, but with stimulating our imagination and subtlizing our intuition.

2001 G. B. Gunn Beyond Solidarity iv. 94 Such a consciousness was likely to find its greatest adventure not in delimiting or refining its range of discriminations,..so much as in expanding and complicating them, really subtlizing them.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	subtlize
释义	subtlizev. Brit. /ˈsʌtl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈsədlˌaɪz/ Forms: 1800s– subtleise, 1800s– subtleize, 1900s– subtlise, 1900s– subtlize. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: subtle adj., -ize suffix. Etymology: < subtle adj. + -ize suffix. Compare earlier subtilize v. †1. intransitive. To argue or reason subtly; = subtilize v. 1a(a). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > pursue subtleties [verb (intransitive)] windc1386 subtlec1390 subtilea1450 subtilize1592 to cut a feathera1634 to split a hair or hairs1674 to split straws1674 to split words1674 Thomisticate1730 subtlize1821 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 9 301 The human mind is displayed..in its acuteness, subtleizing to infinity. 1834 Caledonian Mercury 12 May The author of this book has read and learned much, but he has reflected and subtleized still more. 2. transitive. To render subtle (in various senses of the adjective). ΚΠ 1835 W. A. Caruthers Cavaliers of Virginia II. xi. 218 There is a mysterious system of ethics which the world understands not—the reputed wise, subtleize it, and the vainly wicked contemn and despise it. 1885 Southern Bivouac Sept. 197/2 He had over-refined and subtleized his mind by too much study. 1921 Drama July 375/1 Art..is not concerned with nervous excitement in the narrow sense, but with stimulating our imagination and subtlizing our intuition. 2001 G. B. Gunn Beyond Solidarity iv. 94 Such a consciousness was likely to find its greatest adventure not in delimiting or refining its range of discriminations,..so much as in expanding and complicating them, really subtlizing them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1821
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