sublime
/səˈblaɪm/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To raise (someone or an intangible thing) to a state of (especially moral or spiritual) excellence; to exalt.
Transitive verb
verb
To cause (someone or something) to ascend; to raise (someone or something) to a high position.
Obsolete; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Sub[tle]. […] VVho are you? Ana[nias]. A faithfull Brother, if it pleaſe you. Sub. VVhat's that? A Lullianiſt? a Ripley? Filius artis? Can you ſublime, and dulcefie?"
- "The aſhes either of Pit-Coal, or Sea-Coal, make no Efferveſcence vvith Alkalies or Acids. VVhence the ſaline Principle is altogether volatile, and ſublimed avvay by the fire."
- "[I]t [niter, or sodium carbonate] Calcineth, Sublimeth and Diſſolveth Minerals and Metals."
- "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; […]"
Etymology
PIE word *upó Partly from the following: * From Middle English sublimen, sublime, sublyme (“to exalt, extol, glorify, honour; (alchemy) to refine (a substance) by vaporizing in a closed container; to obtain (a substance) by cooling vapour obtained through sublimation; to extract (a pure substance) from a mixture by sublimation; to sublimate (a substance)”), from Middle French sublimer, Old French sublimer (“to exalt, glorify, honour; to refine (a substance) by vaporizing in a closed container; of a substance: to undergo sublimation”) (modern French sublimer), and from its etymon Latin sublīmāre, the present active infinitive of sublimō (“to elevate, raise; to soar”) (compare Late Latin sublimō (“to elevate, raise; to exalt, glorify, honour; to sublimate, vaporize”)), from sublīmis (“elevated, raised; exalted, uplifted, sublime; elevated in style”) (from sub- (prefix meaning ‘under; up to’) + possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (“to bend”) (whence Latin līmen (“threshold”) and līmus (“askew; sideways”))) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). * From sublime (adjective). Cognates * Catalan sublimar * Italian sublimare * Old Occitan sublimar * Portuguese sublimar * Spanish sublimar
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /səˈblaɪm/
- British English: /səˈblaɪm/
Usage
Inflected Forms
sublimes (present, singular)
subliming (participle, present)
sublimed (participle, past)
sublimed (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
sublimed (first person, past)
sublimest (archaic, present)
sublimed (past, second person)
sublimedst (archaic, past)
sublimeth (archaic, present)
sublimed (past, singular)