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Definition of Sublime
1. Adjective. Inspiring awe. "The sublime beauty of the night"
2. Verb. Vaporize and then condense right back again.
Generic synonyms: Change
Entails: Condense, Evaporate, Vaporise, Vaporize
Specialized synonyms: Resublime
Derivative terms: Sublimate, Sublimate
3. Adjective. Worthy of adoration or reverence.
4. Verb. Change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting. "Some salts sublime when heated"
Generic synonyms: Aerify, Gasify, Vaporise, Vaporize
Derivative terms: Sublimate, Sublimation
5. Adjective. Lifted up or set high. "Their hearts were jocund and sublime"
6. Adjective. Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style. "A grand purpose"
Similar to: Noble
Derivative terms: Grandness, High-mindedness, Idealism, Noble-mindedness
Definition of Sublime
1. a. Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.
2. n. That which is sublime; -- with the definite article
3. v. t. To raise on high.
4. v. i. 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.
Definition of Sublime
1. Adjective. Noble and majestic. ¹
2. Adjective. Impressive and awe-inspiring. ¹
3. Noun. something sublime ¹
4. Verb. (chemistry physics) To sublimate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sublime
1. of elevated or noble quality [adj -LIMER, -LIMEST] / to make sublime [v -LIMED, -LIMING, -LIMES] - See also: sublime
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sublime
Literary usage of Sublime
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Kant's Kritik of Judgment by Immanuel Kant (1892)
"Of the divisions of an investigation into the feeling of the sublime As regards
the division of the moments of the aesthetical judging of objects in ..."
2. Kant's Kritik of Judgment by Immanuel Kant (1892)
"Of the divisions of an investigation into the feeling of the sublime As regards
the division of the moments of the aesthetical judging of objects in ..."
3. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"Hence arises the great power of the sublime, that, far from being produced by
... Astonishment, as I have said, is the effect of the sublime in its highest ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"They sum'd their pens, and soaring th' »ir sublime on these a tow'r of steel is
... Can it be, that souls sublime Return to visit our terrestrial clime . ..."
5. The Grammar of Painting and Engraving by Charles Blanc (1874)
"It is then by virtue of the thought perceived but not formulated that the picture
becomes sublime. Examples are rare. With regard to the sublime, ..."
6. A Bookman's Budget by Austin Dobson (1917)
"THE sublime AND THE RIDICULOUS SOME years ago, an exceptionally vigilant critic
... One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ..."
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