Sublime
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[Poetic] [1913 Webster] Their hearts were jocund and sublime, Drunk with idolatry, drunk with wine. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 5. Lofty of mien; haughty; proud. [Poetic] "Countenance sublime and insolent." --Spenser. [1913 Webster] His fair, large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Syn: Exalted; lofty; noble; majestic. See Grand. [1913 Webster] Sublime \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] [1913 Webster] A soul sublimed by an idea above the region of vanity and conceit. --E. P. Whipple. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. To exalt; to heighten; to improve; to purify. [1913 Webster] The sun . . . Which not alone the southern wit sublimes, But ripens spirits in cold, northern climes. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 4. To dignify; to ennoble. [1913 Webster] An ordinary gift can not sublime a person to a supernatural employment. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Sublime \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. [1913 Webster] The sublime rises from the nobleness of thoughts, the magnificence of words, or the harmonious and lively turn of the phrase. --Addison. [1913 Webster] (b) That which is grand in nature or art, as distinguished from the merely beautiful. [1913 Webster] Sublime \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. [1913 Webster]  sublime adj 1: inspiring awe; "well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity"- M.S.Dworkin; "empyrean aplomb"- Hamilton Basso; "the sublime beauty of the night" [syn: empyreal, empyrean, sublime] 2: worthy of adoration or reverence [syn: reverend, sublime] 3: lifted up or set high; "their hearts were jocund and sublime"- Milton 4: of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose" [syn: exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded] v 1: vaporize and then condense right back again [syn: sublime, sublimate] 2: change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated" [syn: sublime, sublimate]  sublime [səblaim] erhaben; sublimierens  sublime fennkölt fenséges fölényes magasztos nagyszerû  sublime [syblim] subliem; verheven; zielsverheffend  sublime hehr herrlich; stattlich; wunderbar  sublime lovely  sublime erhaben; überragend adj sublime herablassend adj sublime unglaublich adj sublime vollendet adj  218 Moby Thesaurus words for "sublime": Elysian, Olympian, abstract, aerate, aerial, aerify, aggrandize, aggrandized, airy, altitudinous, apotheosized, ascending, aspiring, atomize, august, awe-inspiring, awesome, beaming, beatific, beatified, big, bighearted, blissful, blooming, bolt, bright, brilliant, canonized, carbonate, chivalrous, chlorinate, clarify, clear, colossal, dazzling, decrassify, deified, depurate, devastating, dignified, dignify, distill, distinguish, distinguished, divine, dominating, edulcorate, elevated, elute, eminent, emit, empyreal, empyrean, ennoble, ennobled, enshrined, enthroned, erect, essentialize, ethereal, etherify, etherize, evaporate, exalted, excellent, exhale, extract, famous, filter, filtrate, fluidize, fractionate, fume, fumigate, gasify, generous, give off, glamorous, glorified, glorify, glorious, glowing, godlike, good, gorgeous, grand, grave, great, great of heart, greathearted, handsome, haughty, heavenly, held in awe, heroic, high, high and mighty, high-minded, high-pitched, high-reaching, high-set, high-up, holy, honor, honorable, humbling, hydrogenate, ideal, idealistic, immortal, immortalized, inspiring, killing, knightly, largehearted, lauded, leach, liberal, lifted, lixiviate, lofty, magnanimous, magnificent, magnified, magnify, majestic, mighty, mind-boggling, monumental, mounting, moving, noble, noble-minded, on stilts, openhanded, outtopping, overlooking, overpowering, overtopping, overwhelming, oxygenate, paradisiac, paradisial, paradisian, paradisic, percolate, perfume, princely, prominent, proud, purify, radiant, raised, rampant, raving, ravishing, rectify, reek, refine, renowned, resplendent, sacred, sainted, saintly, sanctified, screen, send out, separate, serious, shining, shrined, sieve, sift, smoke, soaring, solemn, sparkling, spiring, spiritual, spiritualize, splendid, splendiferous, splendorous, splendrous, spray, stately, steam, steep, stilted, strain, stunning, sublimate, superb, supereminent, superlative, supernal, supreme, throned, topless, toplofty, topping, towering, towery, transcendent, transcendental, try, upcast, upflung, uplifted, upraised, uprear, upreared, upright, upthrown, vaporize, volatilize, weighty, winnow Sublime related |
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