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Sublime   /səblˈaɪm/   Listen
adjective
Sublime  adj.  (compar. sublimer; superl. sublimest)  
1.
Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty. "Sublime on these a tower of steel is reared."
2.
Distinguished by lofty or noble traits; eminent; said of persons. "The sublime Julian leader."
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." "Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong."
4.
Elevated by joy; elate. (Poetic) "Their hearts were jocund and sublime, Drunk with idolatry, drunk with wine."
5.
Lofty of mien; haughty; proud. (Poetic) "Countenance sublime and insolent." "His fair, large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule."
Synonyms: Exalted; lofty; noble; majestic. See Grand.


noun
Sublime  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."
(b)
That which is grand in nature or art, as distinguished from the merely beautiful.


verb
Sublime  v. t.  (past & past part. sublimed; pres. part. subliming)  
1.
To raise on high. (Archaic) "A soul sublimed by an idea above the region of vanity and conceit."
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."
4.
To dignify; to ennoble. "An ordinary gift can not sublime a person to a supernatural employment."


Sublime  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.





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"Sublime" Quotes from Famous Books



... left his servant. Trespolo, after having emptied a bottle of lacryma with which he had provided himself for any emergency, had looked long around him to choose a spot where the grass was especially high and thick, and had laid himself down to a sound sleep, murmuring as he did so, this sublime observation, "O laziness, but for the sin of Adam you would ...
— Celebrated Crimes, Complete • Alexandre Dumas, Pere
... appetite will be good. Go, therefore, and give him your diamonds for breakfast. Anna Leopoldowna wants them not; she is already satiated with them!'—To the second I said: 'Go and announce your glorious victory to our sublime generalissimo. He is at his toilet, and as he every morning touches his noble cheeks with rouge, your new paint, prepared from the purple blood of the enemy, will doubtless be very welcome to him!'—'And as to what concerns your secret mission and your discovered conspiracy,' ...
— The Daughter of an Empress • Louise Muhlbach
... frivolous pretension that his street of the Calimara was the centre of our city. And here we are at the sign of 'Apollo and the Razor.' Apollo, you see, is bestowing the razor on the Triptolemus of our craft, the first reaper of beards, the sublime Anonimo, whose mysterious identity is indicated by ...
— Romola • George Eliot
... subdued habitues of sundry iron-barred cages in the Zoo. She is one of those dear confiding souls that we sometimes find out whose confidence in the omnipotent character of their husbands' ability is nothing if not charming and sublime. Upon her arrival in the wilds of Bengal she was fascinated with the loveliness of the country, and wanted her liege lord to take her into the depths of the jungle and show her a "real wild tiger." She had seen tigers in cages, but ...
— Around the World on a Bicycle Volume II. - From Teheran To Yokohama • Thomas Stevens
... contents of this remarkable work, we are impressed equally with its excellences and defects, with its sublime teachings and absurd contentions. Generally speaking, it may be said to be characterized by notions which are, at the same time, supremely attractive to the East and unintelligible and repellent ...
— India, Its Life and Thought • John P. Jones


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