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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sublime \sublime"\, a. compar. sublimer; superl.
sublimest. l. sublimis; sub under + perhaps a word akin
to limen lintel, sill, thus meaning, up to the lintel: cf. f.
sublime. cf. eliminate.
1. lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.
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sublime on these a tower of steel is reared.
--dryden.
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2. distinguished by lofty or noble traits; eminent; -- said
of persons. "the sublime julian leader." --de quincey.
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3. awakening or expressing the emotion of awe, adoration,
veneration, heroic resolve, etc.; dignified; grand;
solemn; stately; -- said of an impressive object in
nature, of an action, of a discourse, of a work of art, of
a spectacle, etc.; as, sublime scenery; a sublime deed.
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easy in words thy style, in sense sublime. --prior.
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know how sublime a thing it is
to suffer and be strong. --longfellow.
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4. elevated by joy; elate. poetic
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their hearts were jocund and sublime,
drunk with idolatry, drunk with wine. --milton.
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5. lofty of mien; haughty; proud. poetic "countenance
sublime and insolent." --spenser.
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his fair, large front and eye sublime declared
absolute rule. --milton.
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syn: exalted; lofty; noble; majestic. see grand.
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see also:
sublimer sublimest eliminate grand
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