Sublime

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1. Adjective form

Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.

2. Adjective form

Distinguished by lofty or noble traits; eminent; -- said of persons.

3. Adjective form

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.

4. Adjective form

Elevated by joy; elate.

5. Adjective form

Lofty of mien; haughty; proud.

6. Noun

That which is sublime; -- with the definite article

7. Noun

A grand or lofty style in speaking or writing; a style that expresses lofty conceptions.

8. Noun

That which is grand in nature or art, as distinguished from the merely beautiful.

9. Verb

To raise on high.

10. Verb

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.

11. Verb

To exalt; to heighten; to improve; to purify.

12. Verb

To dignify; to ennoble.

13. Verb

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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