sublime

SUBLI'ME, adjective [Latin sublimis.] 1. High in place; exalted aloft. Sublime on these a tow'r of steel is rear'd. 2. High in excellence; exalted by nature; elevated. Can it be that souls sublime Return to visit our terrestrial clime? 3. High in style or sentiment; lofty; grand. Easy in style thy work, in sense sublime 4. Elevated by joy; as sublime with expectation. 5. Lofty of mein; elevated in manner. His fair large front and eye sublime declar'd Absolute rule. SUBLI'ME, noun A grand or lofty style; a style that expresses lofty conceptions. The sublime rises from the nobleness of thoughts, the magnificence of words, or the harmonious and lively turn of the phrase-- SUBLI'ME, verb transitive To sublimate, which see. 1. To raise on high. 2. To exalt; to highten; to improve. The sun-- Which not alone the southern wit sublimes, But ripens spirits in cold northern climes. SUBLI'ME, verb intransitive To be brought or changed into a state of vapor by heat, and then condensed by cold, as a solid substance. Particles of antimony which will not sublime alone.