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subtiliate

subtiliate verb: to make thin or rare; to rarefy.

Verb

subtiliate (third-person singular simple present subtiliates, present participle subtiliating, simple past and past participle subtiliated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make thin or rare; to rarefy.
    • The same being washed after the manner of lead, be singular for to subtiliat the thicke eye-lids.1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C....

Forms of subtiliate

third-person singular presentsubtiliates
present participlesubtiliating
past participlesubtiliated
pastsubtiliated

Origin of subtiliate

Latin subtiliare.

Questions about subtiliate

What does subtiliate mean?
Subtiliate means to make thin or rare; to rarefy.
What part of speech is subtiliate?
Subtiliate is a verb.
What is the past tense of subtiliate?
The past tense of subtiliate is subtiliated.

Words near subtiliate in the dictionary

  1. subtile body
  2. subtilely
  3. subtileness
  4. subtiler
  5. subtilest
  6. subtiliate
  7. subtiliated
  8. subtiliates
  9. subtiliating
  10. subtilin
  11. subtilisation

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