Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete or archaic form of
subtile or subtle.
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- adjective obsolete
subtle
Etymologies
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Examples
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While the serpent in Genesis 3 may be "subtil" or cunning - the Hebrew word is arum - equating this
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While the serpent in Genesis 3 may be "subtil" or cunning - the Hebrew word is arum - equating this
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Danielitld 2009
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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
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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
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'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
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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
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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!
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Je ne sais quoi plus vif et plus subtil encor ....
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P. Forestus hath almost the same words, and [6462] Cardan subtil, lib.
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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.
whichbe commented on the word subtil
An old spelling of subtle.
November 22, 2008