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from The Century Dictionary.

  • An obsolete or archaic form of subtile or subtle.

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  • adjective obsolete subtle

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Examples

  • While the serpent in Genesis 3 may be "subtil" or cunning - the Hebrew word is arum - equating this

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • While the serpent in Genesis 3 may be "subtil" or cunning - the Hebrew word is arum - equating this

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Danielitld 2009

  • Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the lord God had made.

    FROM THE CROSS TO PENTECOST T. D. JAKES 2010

  • And therefore they being themselves invisible to us, and capable of working in wayes that our sences cannot discerne; and being Agents of great craft & long experience; tis no wonder that many of their actions, thô never so pollytickly contrived & carried on, should seem irrationall to us: who know so little of their particular inclinations & designes, and the subtil

    Sticky Wants to Grab 2009

  • 'Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field whivch the LORD God had made ..

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • People, which was fomented by the disgraced Captain and his Friends, with all the subtil Insinuations possible; as if the King meant to join with the Romans, to overthrow the Religion and Laws of the

    Exilius 2008

  • Mit der 4 davor lässt sich erst mal noch gut Leben nach dem ersten Schock! obwohl, der körperliche …und sonstige Abbau klopft ganz subtil und immer öfter mal an …und sagt: Hey Dieter, every day is the yesterday from tomorrow!

    Happy Birthday to me! | ultraorange.net 2008

  • Je ne sais quoi plus vif et plus subtil encor ....

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • P. Forestus hath almost the same words, and [6462] Cardan subtil, lib.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Cardan, subtil.lib. 18, hath an example of such an one, so caused to be melancholy (by sight of a bugbear) all his life after.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

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  • An old spelling of subtle.

    November 22, 2008