subtilise

See also: subtilisé

English

Verb

subtilise (third-person singular simple present subtilises, present participle subtilising, simple past and past participle subtilised)

1. Alternative spelling of subtilize
   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 303:

     The refinement of our tastes, of course, is communicated to our sentiments; and we exaggerate, subtilise, and spiritualise—the three chief ingredients of romance.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: subtilisent, subtilises

Verb

subtilise

1. inflection of subtiliser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative