Sublime

Quick meaning: Sublime is a verb meaning Synonym of sublimate.

Meaning

Synonym of sublimate.

More Meanings

1. To raise (someone or an intangible thing) to a state of (especially moral or spiritual) excellence; to exalt.
2. To cause (someone or something) to ascend; to raise (someone or something) to a high position.
3. To cause (juice or sap) to rise in a plant.
4. Especially of the sun: to heat (something) and cause vapours, etc., to rise from it.
5. To purify (someone) from a bad influence or from sin.
6. To raise (someone) to a high office or status; to dignify, to exalt.
7. To raise (a physical thing) to a state of excellence; to improve.

Example Sentences

Thoſe vvords vvhich doe ſublime the quinteſſence of bliſſe, […]

Miſtris Medulla, the Sunne of honour ſhine upon your hopes, till it ſublime you to a Ladiſhip: I vvill attend you preſently.

[W]e may finde […] that confirmation in grace, I say, by which free will is transfigured and sublimed into a state divine; […]

Monimia hears not my complaints; her ſoul, ſublimed far, far above all ſublunary cares, enjoys that felicity, of vvhich ſhe was debarred on earth.

Word Forms

• sublimes
• subliming
• sublimed
• sublimest
• sublimedst
• sublimeth
• sublimer

Synonyms for sublime

Depending on context, synonyms include sublimate, absolute, out-and-out, elated, glorious, empyrean.

Antonyms for sublime

Common opposites include deposit, desublimate, base, profound.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sublimate, glorious, elated, empyreal, empyrean, revered.

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