sublime

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Synonym of sublimate
2. Synonym of sublimate
3. To raise (someone or an intangible thing) to a state of (especially moral or spiritual) excellence; to exalt.
4. (obsolete) To cause (someone or something) to ascend; to raise (someone or something) to a high position.
5. (obsolete) To cause (juice or sap) to rise in a plant.
6. (obsolete) Especially of the sun: to heat (something) and cause vapours, etc., to rise from it.
7. (obsolete) To purify (someone) from a bad influence or from sin.
8. (obsolete) To raise (someone) to a high office or status; to dignify, to exalt.
9. (obsolete) To raise (a physical thing) to a state of excellence; to improve.
10. Synonym of sublimate
11. Synonym of sublimate
12. To become higher in quality or status; to improve.

verheven

subliem

zielsverheffend

noble-minded

make pure

gloriou

slab sided

enormous

Frequentie

Met koppelteken als

sub‧lime

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/səˈblaɪm/

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