subtilize
[suht-l-ahyz, suhb-tuh-lahyz]
/ ˈsʌt lˌaɪz, ˈsʌb təˌlaɪz /
VERB
split hairs
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Its Office is to Subtilize the Blood by cleansing and refining it.
From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel