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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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