Sublimable(v. t.) Capable of being sublimed or sublimated.
Sublimate(a.) Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid.
Sublimate(n.) A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified product so obtained.
Sublimate(v. t.) To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor.
Sublimate(v. t.) To refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate.
Sublimated(a.) Refined by, or as by, sublimation; exalted; purified.
Sublimated(imp. & p. p.) of Sublimate
Sublimating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sublimate
Sublimation(n.) The act or process of subliming, or the state or result of being sublimed.
Sublimation(n.) The act of heightening or improving; exaltation; elevation; purification.
Sublimation(n.) That which is sublimed; the product of a purifying process.
Sublime(n.) That which is sublime; -- with the definite article
Sublime(n.) A grand or lofty style in speaking or writing; a style that expresses lofty conceptions.
Sublime(n.) That which is grand in nature or art, as distinguished from the merely beautiful.
Sublime(superl.) Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.
Sublime(superl.) Distinguished by lofty or noble traits; eminent; -- said of persons.
Sublime(superl.) 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.
Sublime(superl.) Elevated by joy; elate.
Sublime(superl.) Lofty of mien; haughty; proud.
Sublime(v. i.) To pass off in vapor, with immediate condensation; specifically, to evaporate or volatilize from the solid state without apparent melting; -- said of those substances, like arsenic, benzoic acid, etc., which do not exhibit a liquid form on heating, except under increased pressure.
Sublime(v. t.) To raise on high.
Sublime(v. t.) 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.
Sublime(v. t.) To exalt; to heighten; to improve; to purify.
Sublime(v. t.) To dignify; to ennoble.
Sublimed(a.) Having been subjected to the process of sublimation; hence, also, purified.
Sublimed(imp. & p. p.) of Sublime
Sublimely(adv.) In a sublime manner.
Sublimeness(n.) The quality or state of being sublime; sublimity.
Subliming(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sublime
Sublimities(pl. ) of Sublimity
Sublimity(n.) The quality or state of being sublime (in any sense of the adjective).
Sublimity(n.) That which is sublime; as, the sublimities of nature.
Words within sublimation