Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Subliming"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Sublime \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.

3. To exalt; to heighten; to improve; to purify.

The sun . . . Which not alone the southern wit
sublimes, But ripens spirits in cold, northern
climes. --Pope.

4. To dignify; to ennoble.

An ordinary gift can not sublime a person to a
supernatural employment. --Jer. Taylor.

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