Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SUB-TIL-I-ZA'TION
SUB-TIL-I-ZA'TION, n. [from subtilize.]
- The act of making subtil, fine or thin. In the laboratory, the operation of making so volatile as to rise in steam or vapor. – Cheyne.
- Refinement; extreme acuteness.
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