Their hearts were jocund and sublime, Drunk with idolatry, drunk
with wine.
Milton.
5. Lofty of mien; haughty; proud. [Poetic] "Countenance sublime and
insolent." Spenser.
His fair, large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule.
Milton.
Syn. -- Exalted; lofty; noble; majestic. See Grand.
Sub*lime", n. That which is sublime; -- with the definite article; as:
(a) A grand or lofty style in speaking or writing; a style that
expresses lofty conceptions.
The sublime rises from the nobleness of thoughts, the magnificence
of words, or the harmonious and lively turn of the phrase.
Addison.
(b) That which is grand in nature or art, as distinguished from the
merely beautiful.
Sub*lime", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sublimed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Subliming.] [Cf. L. sublimare, F. sublimer to subject to sublimation.
See Sublime, a., and cf. Sublimate, v. t.] 1. To raise on high.
[Archaic]
A soul sublimed by an idea above the region of vanity and conceit.
E. P. Whipple.
2. (Chem.) To subject to the process of sublimation; to heat,
volatilize, and condense in crystals or powder; to distill off, and
condense in solid form; hence, also, to purify.