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subtiliating

subtiliating is the present participle and gerund of subtiliate.

Meaning of subtiliate

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....

Questions about subtiliating

What is subtiliating the present participle and gerund of?
Subtiliating is the present participle and gerund of subtiliate.

Words near subtiliating in the dictionary

  1. subtiler
  2. subtilest
  3. subtiliate
  4. subtiliated
  5. subtiliates
  6. subtiliating
  7. subtilin
  8. subtilisation
  9. subtilisations
  10. subtilise
  11. subtilised

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