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sublime
adjective
verb
lifted up or set high
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adjective
lifted up or set high
“{'source': 'Milton', 'text': 'their hearts were jocund and sublime'}”
adjective
inspiring awe
“{'source': 'M.S.Dworkin', 'text': 'well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity'}”
adjective
greatest or maximal in degree; extreme
“supreme folly”
adjective
of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
“an exalted ideal”
adjective
worthy of adoration or reverence
verb
vaporize and then condense right back again
verb
change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting
“sublime iodine”
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{'source': 'Milton', 'text': 'their hearts were jocund and sublime'}
{'source': 'M.S.Dworkin', 'text': 'well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity'}
{'source': 'Hamilton Basso', 'text': 'empyrean aplomb'}
the sublime beauty of the night
supreme folly
the supreme confidence of youth
the sublime absurdity of the creative process
His face assumed an expression of sublime conceit
an exalted ideal
{'source': 'Oliver Franks', 'text': 'argue in terms of high-flown ideals'}
a noble and lofty concept
a grand purpose
sublime iodine
some salts sublime when heated
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