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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sublime  \Sub*lime"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Sublimed};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Subliming}.]  [Cf.  L.  sublimare,  F.  sublimer  to 
  subject  to  sublimation.  See  {Sublime},  a.,  and  cf 
  {Sublimate},  v.  t.] 
  1.  To  raise  on  high.  [Archaic] 
 
  A  soul  sublimed  by  an  idea  above  the  region  of 
  vanity  and  conceit.  --E.  P. 
  Whipple. 
 
  2.  (Chem.)  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. 
 
  3.  To  exalt;  to  heighten;  to  improve;  to  purify. 
 
  The  sun  .  .  .  Which  not  alone  the  southern  wit 
  sublimes,  But  ripens  spirits  in  cold,  northern 
  climes.  --Pope. 
 
  4.  To  dignify;  to  ennoble. 
 
  An  ordinary  gift  can  not  sublime  a  person  to  a 
  supernatural  employment.  --Jer.  Taylor. 




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