sublime
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(s) inspiring awe
- "well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity"- M.S.Dworkin
- "empyrean aplomb"- Hamilton Basso
- the sublime beauty of the night
- (s) worthy of adoration or reverence reverend,
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(s) lifted up or set high
- "their hearts were jocund and sublime"- Milton
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(s) of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
- an exalted ideal
- "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks
- a noble and lofty concept
- a grand purpose
Verbs
- (v) vaporize and then condense right back again sublimate,
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(v) change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting
- sublime iodine
- some salts sublime when heated