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▸ verb:  (transitive)
▸ verb:  (chemistry) Synonym of sublimate
▸ verb:  To heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses in solid form on cooler parts of the container; (generally) to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently.
▸ verb:  (archaic) To obtain or purify (a substance) in this manner.
▸ verb:  (by extension, figurative) To raise (someone or an intangible thing) to a state of (especially moral or spiritual) excellence; to exalt.
▸ verb:  (obsolete)
▸ verb:  To cause (someone or something) to ascend; to raise (someone or something) to a high position.
▸ verb:  To cause (juice or sap) to rise in a plant.
▸ verb:  Especially of the sun: to heat (something) and cause vapours, etc., to rise from it.
▸ verb:  To purify (someone) from a bad influence or from sin.
▸ verb:  To raise (someone) to a high office or status; to dignify, to exalt.
▸ verb:  To raise (a physical thing) to a state of excellence; to improve.
▸ verb:  (intransitive)
▸ verb:  Of a substance: to change from a solid into a gas without passing through the liquid state, with or without being heated.
▸ verb:  Of a substance: to change from a gas into a solid without passing through the liquid state.
▸ verb:  (by extension, figurative) To become higher in quality or status; to improve.
▸ adjective:  (chiefly poetic, archaic or obsolete) High, tall, towering; also, positioned in a high place; high-up, lofty.
▸ adjective:  (figurative)
▸ adjective:  Of an aspect of art or nature: causing awe or deep respect due to its beauty or magnificence; awe-inspiring, impressive.
▸ adjective:  Of flight: ascending, soaring.
▸ adjective:  Of an idea or other thing: requiring great intellectual effort to appreciate or understand; very elevated, refined, or subtle.
▸ adjective:  Of language, style, or writing: expressing opinions in a grand way.
▸ adjective:  Of a person or their actions or qualities: intellectually, morally, or spiritually superior.
▸ adjective:  Of an office or status: very high; exalted; also, used as an honorific (often capitalized as Sublime) to refer to someone of high office or status, especially the Ottoman sultan; or to things associated with such a person.
▸ adjective:  Of a thing: consummate, perfect; (informal, loosely) excellent, marvellous, wonderful.
▸ adjective:  (chiefly poetic, archaic) Of a person: dignified, majestic, noble.
▸ adjective:  (chiefly poetic, archaic) Of a person: haughty, proud.
▸ adjective:  (informal) Complete, downright, utter.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete)
▸ adjective:  Elevated by joy; elated.
▸ adjective:  Of a substance: purified, refined; hence, of the highest quality.
▸ adjective:  (poetic, postpositive) Of arms: lifted up, raised.
▸ adjective:  (anatomy) Of a muscle (especially the flexor digitorum superficialis muscle of the forearm which lies above the flexor digitorum profundus muscle): positioned above another muscle; superficial.
▸ adjective:  (pathology) Of breathing: very laboured.
▸ noun:  (countable, archaic)
▸ noun:  Something which is sublime; a sublimity.
▸ noun:  In the form the sublime of: the highest degree; the acme, the height.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) Chiefly preceded by the.
▸ noun:  An aspect of art or nature which causes awe or deep respect due to its beauty or magnificence; hence, the great beauty or magnificence of a place, a thing, etc.
▸ noun:  A style of language or writing which expresses opinions in a grand way.
▸ noun:  That which is intellectually, morally, or spiritually superior in human life or human nature.
▸ noun:  (uncountable, archaic) The quality or state of being sublime; sublimeness, sublimity.

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