Sublime

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses in solid form on cooler parts of the container; (generally) to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently.

   “Sub[tle]. […] VVho are you? Ana[nias]. A faithfull Brother, if it pleaſe you. Sub. VVhat's that? A Lullianiſt? a Ripley? Filius artis? Can you ſublime, and dulcefie?”

2. fiil To obtain or purify (a substance) in this manner.

   “[I]t [niter, or sodium carbonate] Calcineth, Sublimeth and Diſſolveth Minerals and Metals.”

3. fiil To raise (someone or an intangible thing) to a state of (especially moral or spiritual) excellence; to exalt.

   “Thoſe vvords vvhich doe ſublime the quinteſſence of bliſſe, […]”

4. fiil To cause (someone or something) to ascend; to raise (someone or something) to a high position.

   “I am ſublim'd! groſſe earth Supports me not. I vvalk on ayr!”

5. fiil To cause (juice or sap) to rise in a plant.

   “[Camfire, i.e., camphor] ſeemeth plainely to be ſo made by art, being caſt as it vvere or ſublimed into broad round pans or diſhes and little above the thickneſſe of ones thumbe, […]”

6. fiil Especially of the sun: to heat (something) and cause vapours, etc., to rise from it.

   “Some the French VVriters, ſome our ovvn deſpiſe; The Ancients only, or the Moderns prize: […] Meanly they ſeek the Bleſſing to confine, And force that Sun but on a Part to Shine; VVhich not alone the Southern VVit ſublimes, But ripens Spirits in cold Northern Climes; […]”

7. fiil To purify (someone) from a bad influence or from sin.
8. fiil To raise (someone) to a high office or status; to dignify, to exalt.

   “Thou Vermine, haue I tane thee, out of dung, […] Sublim'd thee, and exalted thee, and fix'd thee I'the third region, the high ſtate of grace?”

9. fiil To raise (a physical thing) to a state of excellence; to improve.

   “[I]t [bread used for communion] is made 'sacramental and eucharistical,' and so it is sublimed to become the body of Christ. But it is natural food still, […]”

10. fiil Of a substance: to change from a solid into a gas without passing through the liquid state, with or without being heated.

    “Then diſtil it, and you ſhall have a Philoſophical ☿ [mercury], and what Sublimeth is the Sulphur, which keep apart.”

11. fiil Of a substance: to change from a gas into a solid without passing through the liquid state.
12. fiil To become higher in quality or status; to improve.
13. sıfat High, tall, towering; also, positioned in a high place; high-up, lofty.

    “The Heroe, looking on the left, eſpy'd A lofty Tovv'r, and ſtrong on ev'ry ſide […] Vain is the force of Man, and Heav'ns as van, To cruſh the Pillars vvhich the Pile ſuſtain. Sublime on theſe a Tovv'r of Steel is rear'd; And dire Tiſiphone these keeps the VVard.”

14. sıfat Of an aspect of art or nature: causing awe or deep respect due to its beauty or magnificence; awe-inspiring, impressive.

    “sublime scenery”

15. sıfat Of flight: ascending, soaring.
16. sıfat Of an idea or other thing: requiring great intellectual effort to appreciate or understand; very elevated, refined, or subtle.
17. sıfat Of language, style, or writing: expressing opinions in a grand way.
18. sıfat Of a person or their actions or qualities: intellectually, morally, or spiritually superior.

    “a sublime deed”

19. sıfat Of an office or status: very high; exalted; also, used as an honorific (often capitalized as Sublime) to refer to someone of high office or status, especially the Ottoman sultan; or to things associated with such a person.

    “the Sublime Porte”

20. sıfat Of a thing: consummate, perfect; (informal, loosely) excellent, marvellous, wonderful.
21. sıfat Of a person: dignified, majestic, noble.

    “the sublime Julian leader”

22. sıfat Of a person: haughty, proud.

    “countenance sublime and insolent”

23. sıfat Complete, downright, utter.

    “He is behaving like a sublime idiot.”

24. sıfat Elevated by joy; elated.

    “While thir hearts were jocund and ſublime, Drunk with Idolatry, drunk with Wine,”

25. sıfat Of a substance: purified, refined; hence, of the highest quality.
26. sıfat Of arms: lifted up, raised.
27. sıfat Of a muscle (especially the flexor digitorum superficialis muscle of the forearm which lies above the flexor digitorum profundus muscle): positioned above another muscle; superficial.
28. sıfat Of breathing: very laboured.
29. isim Something which is sublime; a sublimity.

    “Car[los]. VVhat is your opinion of the Play? Yo[ung] Mag[got]. […] There are a great many ſublimes that are very Poetical.”

30. isim In the form the sublime of: the highest degree; the acme, the height.

    “No solemn, antique gentleman of rhyme, Who having angled all his life for fame, And getting but a nibble at a time, Still fussily keeps fishing on, the same Small "Triton of the minnows," the sublime Of mediocrity, the furious tame, […]”