Found 3 hits - Term: sublimed, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sublimed \sublimed"\, a. chem.
having been subjected to the process of sublimation; hence,
also, purified. "sublimed mercurie." --chaucer.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sublime \sublime"\, 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.
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3. to exalt; to heighten; to improve; to purify.
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the sun . . .
which not alone the southern wit sublimes,
but ripens spirits in cold, northern climes. --pope.
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4. to dignify; to ennoble.
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an ordinary gift can not sublime a person to a
supernatural employment. --jer. taylor.
1913 webster
see also:
sublimed subliming sublime sublimate
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
sublimed
adj : passing or having passed from the solid to the gaseous state
or vice versa without becoming liquid syn: sublimated
see also:
sublimated
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