a. Obs. rare. [f. med.L. subtīliāt-, pa. ppl. stem of subtīliāre to SUBTILIATE + -IVE. Cf. It. sottigliativo.] Having the property of thinning, rarefying, dissolving.
c. 1425. trans. Arderne’s Treat. Fistula, etc. 89. Þis alkenet … is subtiliatyue and resolutyue without mordicacion.
1528. Paynell, Salerne’s Regim., 4. Whey is subtiliative washyng & lewsynge.
1543. Traheron, trans. Vigo’s Surg., III. xv. 106 b/2. The medicines … must be subtiliatiue and liquide.
