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SUBTILISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does subtilise mean?
• SUBTILISE (verb)
The verb SUBTILISE has 1 sense:
1. make (senses) more keen
Familiarity information: SUBTILISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make (senses) more keen
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
subtilise; subtilize
Hypernyms (to "subtilise" is one way to...):
heighten; sharpen (make (one's senses) more acute)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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