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sublimest

 

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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sublime  \Sub*lime"\,  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. 
 
  Sublime  on  these  a  tower  of  steel  is  reared. 
  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  Distinguished  by  lofty  or  noble  traits;  eminent;  --  said 
  of  persons.  ``The  sublime  Julian  leader.''  --De  Quincey. 
 
  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. 
 
  Easy  in  words  thy  style,  in  sense  sublime.  --Prior. 
 
  Know  how  sublime  a  thing  it  is  To  suffer  and  be 
  strong.  --Longfellow. 
 
  4.  Elevated  by  joy;  elate.  [Poetic] 
 
  Their  hearts  were  jocund  and  sublime,  Drunk  with 
  idolatry,  drunk  with  wine.  --Milton. 
 
  5.  Lofty  of  mien;  haughty;  proud.  [Poetic]  ``Countenance 
  sublime  and  insolent.''  --Spenser. 
 
  His  fair,  large  front  and  eye  sublime  declared 
  Absolute  rule  --Milton. 
 
  Syn:  Exalted;  lofty;  noble;  majestic.  See  {Grand}.




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