| ▸ verb: (transitive) ▸ verb: (chemistry) Synonym of sublimate ▸ verb: 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. ▸ verb: (archaic) To obtain or purify (a substance) in this manner. ▸ verb: (by extension, figurative) To raise (someone or an intangible thing) to a state of (especially moral or spiritual) excellence; to exalt. ▸ verb: (obsolete) ▸ verb: To cause (someone or something) to ascend; to raise (someone or something) to a high position. ▸ verb: To cause (juice or sap) to rise in a plant. ▸ verb: Especially of the sun: to heat (something) and cause vapours, etc., to rise from it. ▸ verb: To purify (someone) from a bad influence or from sin. ▸ verb: To raise (someone) to a high office or status; to dignify, to exalt. ▸ verb: To raise (a physical thing) to a state of excellence; to improve. ▸ verb: (intransitive) ▸ verb: Of a substance: to change from a solid into a gas without passing through the liquid state, with or without being heated. ▸ verb: Of a substance: to change from a gas into a solid without passing through the liquid state. ▸ verb: (by extension, figurative) To become higher in quality or status; to improve. ▸ adjective: (chiefly poetic, archaic or obsolete) High, tall, towering; also, positioned in a high place; high-up, lofty. ▸ adjective: (figurative) ▸ adjective: Of an aspect of art or nature: causing awe or deep respect due to its beauty or magnificence; awe-inspiring, impressive. ▸ adjective: Of flight: ascending, soaring. ▸ adjective: Of an idea or other thing: requiring great intellectual effort to appreciate or understand; very elevated, refined, or subtle. ▸ adjective: Of language, style, or writing: expressing opinions in a grand way. ▸ adjective: Of a person or their actions or qualities: intellectually, morally, or spiritually superior. ▸ adjective: 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. ▸ adjective: Of a thing: consummate, perfect; (informal, loosely) excellent, marvellous, wonderful. ▸ adjective: (chiefly poetic, archaic) Of a person: dignified, majestic, noble. ▸ adjective: (chiefly poetic, archaic) Of a person: haughty, proud. ▸ adjective: (informal) Complete, downright, utter. ▸ adjective: (obsolete) ▸ adjective: Elevated by joy; elated. ▸ adjective: Of a substance: purified, refined; hence, of the highest quality. ▸ adjective: (poetic, postpositive) Of arms: lifted up, raised. ▸ adjective: (anatomy) 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. ▸ adjective: (pathology) Of breathing: very laboured. ▸ noun: (countable, archaic) ▸ noun: Something which is sublime; a sublimity. ▸ noun: In the form the sublime of: the highest degree; the acme, the height. ▸ noun: (uncountable) Chiefly preceded by the. ▸ noun: 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. ▸ noun: A style of language or writing which expresses opinions in a grand way. ▸ noun: That which is intellectually, morally, or spiritually superior in human life or human nature. ▸ noun: (uncountable, archaic) The quality or state of being sublime; sublimeness, sublimity.sublimate, Reverend, elated, empyreal, revered, glorious, empyrean, sacred, reverenced, venerated, more... |
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