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refine; to spin into niceties; as, to subtilize arguments. Nor as yet have we subtilized ourselves into savages. Burke.

y; a legislative body. It hath in solemn synods been decreed, Both by the Syracusians and ourselves, To admit no traffic to our adverse towns. Shak. Parent of gods and men, propitious Jove! And you, bright synod of the powers above. Dryden.

which surpassed the tact of her sex as much as the tact of her sex surpassed the tact of ours. Macaulay.

; real; substantial; evident. "A tangible blunder." Byron. Direct and tangible benefit to ourselves and others. Southey. -- Tan"gi*ble*ness, n. -- Tan"gi*bly, adv.

Hence, it indicates motion, course, or tendency toward a time, a state or condition, an aim, or anything capable of being regarded as a limit to a tendency, movement, or action; as, he is going to a trade; he is rising to wealth and honor.

; hence, a mean, sorry fellow. Milton. he fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. Shak.

Not secret; not close; not trusty; indiscreet. [Obs.] "We are unsecret to ourselves." Shak.

youth up. Ps. lxxxviii. 15. Up rose the sun, and up rose Emelye. Chaucer. We have wrought ourselves up into this degree of Christian indifference. Atterbury.

The persons speaking, regarded as an object; ourselves; -- the objective case of we. See We. "Tell us a tale." Chaucer. Give us this day our daily bread. Matt. vi. 11.

Ourselves. [Obs.] Wyclif. Piers Plowman. Chaucer.

Of or pertaining to the Valkyrias; hence, relating to battle. "Ourself have often tried Valkyrian hymns." Tennyson.

ide a den. Byron. When the wide bloom, on earth that lies, Seems of a brighter world than ours. Bryant.