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Definitions for: Sublime
[adj] (archaic) lifted up or set high; "their hearts were jocund and sublime"- Milton
[adj] inspiring awe; "well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity"- M.S.Dworkin; "empyrean aplomb"- Hamilton Basso; "the sublime beauty of the night"
[adj] worthy of adoration or reverence
[v] vaporize and then condense right back again
[v] change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated"
Webster (1913) Definition: Sub*lime", a. [Compar. Sublimer; superl.
Sublimest.] [L. sublimis; sub under + (perhaps) a word akin
to limen lintel, sill, thus meaning, up to the lintel: cf. F.
sublime. Cf. Eliminate.]
1. Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.
Sublime on these a tower of steel is reared.
--Dryden.
2. Distinguished by lofty or noble traits; eminent; -- said
of persons. ``The sublime Julian leader.'' --De Quincey.
3. 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.
Easy in words thy style, in sense sublime. --Prior.
Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be
strong. --Longfellow.
4. Elevated by joy; elate. [Poetic]
Their hearts were jocund and sublime, Drunk with
idolatry, drunk with wine. --Milton.
5. Lofty of mien; haughty; proud. [Poetic] ``Countenance
sublime and insolent.'' --Spenser.
His fair, large front and eye sublime declared
Absolute rule. --Milton.
Syn: Exalted; lofty; noble; majestic. See Grand.
Sub*lime", n.
That which is sublime; -- with the definite article; as:
(a) A grand or lofty style in speaking or writing; a style
that expresses lofty conceptions.
The sublime rises from the nobleness of thoughts,
the magnificence of words, or the harmonious and
lively turn of the phrase. --Addison.
(b) That which is grand in nature or art, as distinguished
from the merely beautiful.
Sub*lime", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sublimed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Subliming.] [Cf. L. sublimare, F. sublimer to
subject to sublimation. See Sublime, a., and cf.
Sublimate, v. t.]
1. To raise on high. [Archaic]
A soul sublimed by an idea above the region of
vanity and conceit. --E. P.
Whipple.
2. (Chem.) 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.
3. To exalt; to heighten; to improve; to purify.
The sun . . . Which not alone the southern wit
sublimes, But ripens spirits in cold, northern
climes. --Pope.
4. To dignify; to ennoble.
An ordinary gift can not sublime a person to a
supernatural employment. --Jer. Taylor.
Sub*lime", v. i. (Chem.)
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.
Synonyms: elated, empyreal, empyrean, glorious, revered, reverenced, reverend, sacred, sublimate, venerated
See Also: aerify, change, condense, evaporate, gasify, resublime, vaporise, vaporize
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