SUBLIME
\sʌblˈa͡ɪm], \sʌblˈaɪm], \s_ʌ_b_l_ˈaɪ_m]\
Definitions of SUBLIME
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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inspiring awe; "well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity"- M.S.Dworkin; "empyrean aplomb"- Hamilton Basso; "the sublime beauty of the night"
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change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated"
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lifted up or set high; "their hearts were jocund and sublime"- Milton
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inspiring awe; "well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity"- M.S.Dworkin; "empyrean aplomb"- Hamilton Basso; "the sublime beauty of the night"
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change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated"
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(archaic) lifted up or set high; "their hearts were jocund and sublime"- Milton
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Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.
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Distinguished by lofty or noble traits; eminent; -- said of persons.
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Awakening or expressing the emotion of awe, adoration, veneration, heroic resolve, etc.; dignified; grand; solemn; stately; -- said of an impressive object in nature, of an action, of a discourse, of a work of art, of a spectacle, etc.; as, sublime scenery; a sublime deed.
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Elevated by joy; elate.
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Lofty of mien; haughty; proud.
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That which is sublime; -- with the definite article
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A grand or lofty style in speaking or writing; a style that expresses lofty conceptions.
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That which is grand in nature or art, as distinguished from the merely beautiful.
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To subject to the process of sublimation; to heat, volatilize, and condense in crystals or powder; to distill off, and condense in solid form; hence, also, to purify.
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To exalt; to heighten; to improve; to purify.
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To dignify; to ennoble.
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To pass off in vapor, with immediate condensation; specifically, to evaporate or volatilize from the solid state without apparent melting; -- said of those substances, like arsenic, benzoic acid, etc., which do not exhibit a liquid form on heating, except under increased pressure.
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Causing a feeling of awe and reverence; filling the mind with a sense of greatness, power, or grandeur; exalted in nature; noble; said of persons; elevated in style; very high in degree; as, sublime faith or trust in another.
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That which is grand or awe-inspiring in works of nature or art as distinguished from the merely beautiful: with the.
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To dignify or exalt; to make noble: to cause to pass from solid to vapor form and thence back to solid.
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To pass from a solid to vapor, and again change to solid form without showing a liquid form.
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Sublimely.
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Sublimeness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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High: lofty: majestic: awakening feelings of awe or veneration.
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That which is sublime: the lofty or grand in thought or style: the emotion produced by sublime objects.
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To exalt: to dignify, to ennoble: to improve: to purify, to bring to a state of vapor by heat and condense again by cold.
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To be sublimed or sublimated.
By Daniel Lyons
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A lofty style; sublimity.
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Lofty; majestic; awakening awe.
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To be sublimated.
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To exalt; dignify; convert into vapor, by heat, as a solid substance.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To exalt.
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To sublimate.
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Lofty; grand; solemn; majestic; nobl; supreme; utmost.
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That which is sublime,grandeur; loftiness; majesty. sublimeness.
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That which is sublime; the acme; climax; pinnacle.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Sublimis.
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Enaeorema, see Sublimation- s. Corrosif, Hydrargyri oxymurias.
By Robley Dunglison
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To subject to sublimation.
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To undergo sublimation. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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