sublime /sə-blīmˈ/

1. Exalted, lofty
2. Majestic
3. Supreme
4. Of the highest or noblest nature
5. Awakening feelings of awe and veneration
6. Raised up, lifted on high (archaic)
7. Of proud or supercilious aspect or bearing (literary)
8. Just under the skin (anatomy)

1. That which is sublime
2. A pinnacle of achievement, surpassing excellence, the lofty or grand, in thought, arrangement or style
3. The supreme degree

1. To raise up, exalt
2. To transmute into something higher
3. To object to or obtain by sublimation
4. To deposit as a sublimate
5. To purify by (or as if by) sublimation

To undergo sublimation

sublīmˈable adjective

sublimate /subˈlim-āt/ transitive verb

1. To elevate
2. To sublime
3. To purify by sublimation
4. To transmute into something higher
5. To direct unconsciously (a primitive impulse such as an aggressive or sexual impulse) into a higher or more socially acceptable action
6. To direct into a higher channel

A product of sublimation, esp a corrosive sublimate

Sublimed or sublimated

subˈlimated adjective

sublimāˈtion noun

1. The change from solid to vapour without passing through the liquid state, usu with subsequent change back to solid (chem)
2. Purification by this process
3. A sublimate
4. Elevation
5. Ecstasy
6. The acme, height
7. Transmutation into something higher
8. The unconscious diversion towards higher aims or more socially acceptable actions of the energy derived from an instinct which is denied gratification, such as an aggressive or sexual impulse

sublimed /səb-līmdˈ/ adjective

sublimeˈly adverb

sublimeˈness noun

sublīmˈing noun and adjective

sublimity /səb-limˈ/ noun

1. Loftiness
2. Elevation
3. Grandeur
4. Nobleness of nature, thought, execution
5. The emotion of awe and veneration
6. That which evokes it
7. The summit, height, acme

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