Sublime definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SUBLI'ME, a. [L. sublimis.] 1. High in place; exalted aloft. Sublime on these a tow'r of steel is rear'd ... excellence; exalted by nature; elevated. Can it be that souls sublime Return to visit our terrestrial clime? 3. High in style ... sentiment; lofty; grand. Easy in style thy work, in sense sublime. 4. Elevated by joy; as sublime with expectation. 5. Lofty of mein; elevated in manner. His fair large front and eye sublime declar'd Absolute rule. SUBLI'ME, n. A grand ...
Sublime Porte definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the Ottoman court in Constantinople [syn: Porte, Sublime Porte] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Porte Porte, n. [F. porte ... court; the government of the Turkish empire, officially called the Sublime Porte, from the gate (port) of the sultan's palace ...
sublimer definitions Merriam Webster's noun see sublime I Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sublime Sub*lime", a. [Compar. Sublimer; superl. Sublimest.] [L. sublimis; sub ... lintel, sill, thus meaning, up to the lintel: cf. F. sublime. Cf. Eliminate.] 1. Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty. Sublime on these a tower of steel is reared. --Dryden. 2 ... by lofty or noble traits; eminent; -- said of persons. ``The sublime Julian leader.'' --De Quincey. 3. Awakening or expressing the emotion ... of a work of art, of a spectacle, etc.; as, sublime scenery; a sublime deed. Easy in words thy style, ...
Sublimest definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sublime Sub*lime", a. [Compar. Sublimer; superl. Sublimest.] [L. sublimis; sub ... lintel, sill, thus meaning, up to the lintel: cf. F. sublime. Cf. Eliminate.] 1. Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty. Sublime on these a tower of steel is reared. --Dryden. 2 ... by lofty or noble traits; eminent; -- said of persons. ``The sublime Julian leader.'' --De Quincey. 3. Awakening or expressing the emotion ... of a work of art, of a spectacle, etc.; as, sublime scenery; a sublime deed. Easy in words thy style, in sense sublime. -- ...
Sublimate definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SUBLIMATE, v.t. [from sublime.] 1. To bring a solid substance, as camphor or sulphur ... directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated" [syn: sublime, sublimate] 5: vaporize and then condense right back again [syn: sublime, sublimate] Merriam Webster's I. transitive verb (-mated; -mating) Etymology ... sublimatus, past participle of sublimare Date: 15th century 1. a. sublime 1 b. archaic to improve or refine as if ...
... unmentioned what is perhaps the hardest achievement of all, the sublime venture of giving the very words of God, in such ... or advocate idea, thus propounded negatively, will grow to a sublime positive conviction in the next stage of Job's spiritual ... hearing on his own charges. The whole reach of his sublime faith is involved in this. 3. "If a Man Die ... he mounts, as it were, at a bound to the sublime ultimatum of his faith in an utterance which he would ... his own searching experience; he is being tried for a sublime assay, in which all that is permanent and precious in ... Hebrew ideals of character (Job 31). This he calls, in sublime irony, the indictment which his Adversary has written; and ...
... the Sultan's palace where justice is administered; as the Sublime Porte. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the Ottoman court in Constantinople [syn: Porte, Sublime Porte] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: French, short for Sublime Porte, literally, sublime gate; from the gate of the sultan's palace where ... the Ottoman empire Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (in full the Sublime or Ottoman Porte) hist. the Ottoman court at Constantinople. Etymology: F (la Sublime Porte = the exalted gate), transl. of Turk. title of ...
... Date: 15th century 1. the quality or state of being sublime 2. something sublime or exalted Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sublimity Sub*lim"i ... F. sublimit['e].] 1. The quality or state of being sublime (in any sense of the adjective). 2. That which is sublime; as, the sublimities of nature. Syn: Grandeur; magnificence. Usage: Sublimity ... plain is grand. The heavens are not only grand, but sublime (as the predominating emotion), from their immense height. Exalted intellect ... with his ``unconquerable will and study of revenge,'' as a sublime object; but there is a melancholy grandeur thrown around ...
... Great; principal; chief; as Satan our grand foe. 4. Noble; sublime; lofty; conceived or expressed with great dignity; as a grand ... noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose" [syn: exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble ... c. fine or imposing in appearance or impression d. lofty, sublime < writing in the grand style > 6. a. pretending to social ... dignifled, or noble (said of persons); majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime (said of things); as, a grand monarch; a grand lord ... power, of great dignity. 2. Magnificent, splendid, superb, glorious, noble, sublime, lofty. 3. Principal, chief, superior, main, leading. Moby Thesaurus Babylonian ... spinet, splendacious, splendid, splendiferous, square piano, stately, statuesque, strong, stupendous, sublime, substantial, sum, sumptuous, super, superb, supereminent, superfancy, superfine, superior, ...
... Reference Dictionary n. an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the absurd or trivial; a commonplace or ridiculous feature offsetting an otherwise sublime situation; an anticlimax. Derivatives: bathetic adj. bathotic adj. Etymology: Gk ... TECHNICAL) Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Anticlimax, false sublime, moral sublime, sham exaltation, the fatal step from the sublime to the ridiculous, bombast. Moby Thesaurus anticlimax, bleeding heart, cloyingness ...
... delegate in France. Grand vizier. See under Vizier. Syn: Magnificent; sublime; majestic; dignified; elevated; stately; august; pompous; lofty; eralted; noble. Usage: Grand, Magnificent, Sublime. Grand, in reference to objects of taste, is applied to ... is applied to anything which is imposing from its splendor; sublime describes that which is awful and elevating. A cataract is ... rich and varied landscape is magnificent; an overhanging precipice is sublime. ``Grandeur admits of degrees and modifications; but magnificence is that ...
... delegate in France. Grand vizier. See under Vizier. Syn: Magnificent; sublime; majestic; dignified; elevated; stately; august; pompous; lofty; eralted; noble. Usage: Grand, Magnificent, Sublime. Grand, in reference to objects of taste, is applied to ... is applied to anything which is imposing from its splendor; sublime describes that which is awful and elevating. A cataract is ... rich and varied landscape is magnificent; an overhanging precipice is sublime. ``Grandeur admits of degrees and modifications; but magnificence is that ...