intransitive (also †reflexive, and with it.) To pursue a devious, circuitous, or intricate course in argument, statement, or conduct; (†esp. with…
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释义 | the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > pursue subtleties [verb (intransitive)] (10) windc1386 intransitive (also †reflexive, and with it.) To pursue a devious, circuitous, or intricate course in argument, statement, or conduct; (†esp. with… subtlec1390 intransitive and transitive (reflexive). To think or argue subtly in a subject. Obsolete. subtilea1450 intransitive. To think or argue subtly in a subject. Cf. subtle, v. 2. rare. subtilize1592 intransitive. To argue or reason in a subtle manner; to make subtle distinctions; (sometimes spec. in a negative sense) to split hairs. to cut a feathera1634 to cut a feather. To make fine distinctions, ‘split hairs’. Obsolete. to split a hair or hairs1674 In various phrases. to split a hairor hairs, to split straws, to split words, to make fine or subtle distinctions, esp. in argument or controversy… to split straws1674 In various phrases. to split a hairor hairs, to split straws, to split words, to make fine or subtle distinctions, esp. in argument or controversy… to split words1674 In various phrases. to split a hairor hairs, to split straws, to split words, to make fine or subtle distinctions, esp. in argument or controversy… Thomisticate1730 (intransitive) to argue or discourse in the manner of the Thomists; to ‘split hairs’, use over-refined arguments. subtlize1821 intransitive. To argue or reason subtly; = subtilize, v. 1a(a). Obsolete. rare. |
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