'Sublime' definitions:
Definition of 'sublime'
From: WordNet
adjective
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]
adjective
Worthy of adoration or reverence [syn: reverend, sublime]
adjective
Lifted up or set high; "their hearts were jocund and sublime"- Milton
adjective
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]
verb
Vaporize and then condense right back again [syn: sublime, sublimate]
verb
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]
Definition of 'Sublime'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Sublime'
From: GCIDE
- Sublime \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. [1913 Webster]
- Sublime on these a tower of steel is reared. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Distinguished by lofty or noble traits; eminent; -- said of persons. "The sublime Julian leader." --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Easy in words thy style, in sense sublime. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Elevated by joy; elate. [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]
Definition of 'Sublime'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Sublime'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'sublime'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Elysian,
- 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,
- Olympian,
- 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