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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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