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