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adj
High, tall, towering; also, positioned in a high place; high-up, lofty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, obsolete, poetic
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adj
Of an aspect of art or nature: causing awe or deep respect due to its beauty or magnificence; awe-inspiring, impressive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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adj
Of flight: ascending, soaring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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adj
Of an idea or other thing: requiring great intellectual effort to appreciate or understand; very elevated, refined, or subtle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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adj
Of language, style, or writing: expressing opinions in a grand way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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adj
Of a person or their actions or qualities: intellectually, morally, or spiritually superior.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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adj
Of an office or status: very high; exalted; also, used as an honorific (often capitalized as Sublime) to refer to someone of high office or status, especially the Ottoman sultan; or to things associated with such a person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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adj
Of a thing: consummate, perfect; (informal, loosely) excellent, marvellous, wonderful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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adj
Of a person: dignified, majestic, noble.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, figuratively, poetic
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adj
Of a person: haughty, proud.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, figuratively, poetic
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adj
Complete, downright, utter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, informal
Synonyms: absolute, out-and-out
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adj
Elevated by joy; elated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, obsolete
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adj
Of a substance: purified, refined; hence, of the highest quality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, obsolete
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adj
Of arms: lifted up, raised.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, poetic, postpositional
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adj
Of a muscle (especially the flexor digitorum superficialis muscle of the forearm which lies above the flexor digitorum profundus muscle): positioned above another muscle; superficial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Antonyms: profound
adj
Of breathing: very laboured.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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name
An unincorporated community in Lavaca County, Texas, United States.
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noun
Something which is sublime; a sublimity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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noun
In the form the sublime of: the highest degree; the acme, the height.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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noun
Chiefly preceded by the.
An aspect of art or nature which causes awe or deep respect due to its beauty or magnificence; hence, the great beauty or magnificence of a place, a thing, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Chiefly preceded by the.
A style of language or writing which expresses opinions in a grand way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Chiefly preceded by the.
That which is intellectually, morally, or spiritually superior in human life or human nature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The quality or state of being sublime; sublimeness, sublimity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable
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verb
Synonym of sublimate.
To heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses in solid form on cooler parts of the container; (generally) to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
Synonym of sublimate.
To obtain or purify (a substance) in this manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
To raise (someone or an intangible thing) to a state of (especially moral or spiritual) excellence; to exalt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively, transitive
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Synonyms: sublimate
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verb
To cause (someone or something) to ascend; to raise (someone or something) to a high position.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
To cause (juice or sap) to rise in a plant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
Especially of the sun: to heat (something) and cause vapours, etc., to rise from it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
To purify (someone) from a bad influence or from sin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
To raise (someone) to a high office or status; to dignify, to exalt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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Synonyms: sublimate
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verb
To raise (a physical thing) to a state of excellence; to improve.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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Synonyms: sublimate
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verb
Synonym of sublimate.
Of a substance: to change from a solid into a gas without passing through the liquid state, with or without being heated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
Synonym of sublimate.
Of a substance: to change from a gas into a solid without passing through the liquid state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
To become higher in quality or status; to improve.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively, intransitive
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adjective satellite
lifted up or set high- Milton
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective satellite
inspiring awe- M.S.Dworkin- Hamilton Basso
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: empyreal, empyrean
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adjective satellite
of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style- Oliver Franks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: exalted, elevated, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded
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adjective satellite
worthy of adoration or reverence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: reverend
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verb
vaporize and then condense right back again
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sublimate
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Broader terms: change
Narrower terms: resublime
verb
change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: sublimate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gasify, vaporize, vaporise, aerify
History
The adjective is derived from Middle French sublime (“admirable, excellent, perfect; placed in a high position; reaching a great height; of a person: of high office or rank”) (modern French sublime), and from its etymon Latin sublīmis, sublīmus (“elevated, raised; exalted, uplifted, sublime”, adjective): see etymology 1. The noun is derived from Middle French sublime (“elevated style in writing; quality in art or nature inspiring awe, reverence, etc.”) (modern French sublime), from the adjective: see further above. Cognates * Catalan sublim * Italian sublime * Portuguese sublime * Spanish sublime
PIE word *upó Partly from the following: * From Middle English sublimen, sublime, sublyme (“to exalt, extol, glorify, honour; (alchemy) to refine (a substance) by vaporizing in a closed container; to obtain (a substance) by cooling vapour obtained through sublimation; to extract (a pure substance) from a mixture by sublimation; to sublimate (a substance)”), from Middle French sublimer, Old French sublimer (“to exalt, glorify, honour; to refine (a substance) by vaporizing in a closed container; of a substance: to undergo sublimation”) (modern French sublimer), and from its etymon Latin sublīmāre, the present active infinitive of sublimō (“to elevate, raise; to soar”) (compare Late Latin sublimō (“to elevate, raise; to exalt, glorify, honour; to sublimate, vaporize”)), from sublīmis (“elevated, raised; exalted, uplifted, sublime; elevated in style”) (from sub- (prefix meaning ‘under; up to’) + possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Heh3l- (“to bend”) (whence Latin līmen (“threshold”) and līmus (“askew; sideways”))) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). * From sublime (adjective). Cognates * Catalan sublimar * Italian sublimare * Old Occitan sublimar * Portuguese sublimar * Spanish sublimar
Across languages
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