Found 2 items, similar to Subliming.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sublime sublime adj 1: inspiring awe; “well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity”- M.S.Dworkin; “empyrean aplomb”- Hamilton Basso; “the sublime beauty of the night” [syn: empyreal, empyrean] 2: worthy of adoration or reverence [syn: revered, reverenced, reverend, venerated] 3: lifted up or set high; “their hearts were jocund and sublime”- Milton sublime v 1: vaporize and then condense right back again [syn: sublimate] 2: change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; “sublime iodine”; “some salts sublime when heated” [syn: sublimate]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Subliming 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] [1913 Webster] A soul sublimed by an idea above the region of vanity and conceit. --E. P. Whipple. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. To exalt; to heighten; to improve; to purify. [1913 Webster] The sun . . . Which not alone the southern wit sublimes, But ripens spirits in cold, northern climes. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 4. To dignify; to ennoble. [1913 Webster] An ordinary gift can not sublime a person to a supernatural employment. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]