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Thesaurus / subtilize

subtilize

SEE DEFINITION OF subtilize
  • as insplit hairs

other words for subtilize

  • cavil
  • chop logic
  • make a fine distinction
  • nitpick
  • pick nits
  • quibble
  • refine a distinction
  • sharpen a distinction
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Its Office is to Subtilize the Blood by cleansing and refining it.

The Compleat Surgeon, or the Whole Art of Surgery Explain'd in a Most Familiar MethodCharles Gabriel Le Clerc

WORDS RELATED TO SUBTILIZE

split hairs

verbmake an extremely fine distinction
  • cavil
  • chop logic
  • make a fine distinction
  • nitpick
  • pick nits
  • quibble
  • refine a distinction
  • sharpen a distinction
  • subtilize

splitting hairs

verbmake an extremely fine distinction
  • cavil
  • chop logic
  • make a fine distinction
  • nitpick
  • pick nits
  • quibble
  • refine a distinction
  • sharpen a distinction
  • subtilize
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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inextricablyadverb | [in-ik-strik-uh-blee ]SEE DEFINITION
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