sublime

  • 51sublime — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. inspiring, impressive; noble, lofty, exalted, elevated; superb, magnificent, glorious. See beauty, greatness, pleasure. Ant., common, lowly. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Noble] Syn. exalted, lofty,… …

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  • 52süblime — is., kim., Fr. sublimé 1) Süblimleştirme yoluyla elde edilen ürün 2) Ak sülümen …

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  • 53sublime — [16] Sublime was borrowed from Latin sublīmis ‘lofty, exalted’. This was a compound adjective formed from the prefix sub ‘under’ and probably līmen ‘lintel, threshold’ (a relative of līmes ‘boundary’, from which English gets limit). Sub here… …

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  • 54sublime — sub·lime || sÉ™ blaɪm adj. exalted, noble, lofty; wonderful, splendid; inspiring wonder or awe n. something exalted, noble; inspiring wonder or awe v. cause to be sublime, raise, lift up; sublimate, transform a solid directly into a gas or a… …

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  • 55sublime — adjective (sublimer, sublimest) 1》 of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe. 2》 extreme or unparalleled: the sublime confidence of youth. verb 1》 Chemistry (with reference to a solid substance) change directly …

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  • 56sublimé — Du Sublimé …

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  • 57sublime — see from the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step …

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  • 58sublime — [16] Sublime was borrowed from Latin sublīmis ‘lofty, exalted’. This was a compound adjective formed from the prefix sub ‘under’ and probably līmen ‘lintel, threshold’ (a relative of līmes ‘boundary’, from which English gets limit). Sub here… …

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  • 59SUBLIME (PROBLÉMATIQUE DU) — «Sublime» transcrit le latin sublime , neutre substantivé de sublimis , qui lui même traduit le grec to hupsos . La formation du mot latin s’explique mal, mais le sens est tout à fait clair: sublimis (de sublimare , élever) signifie: haut dans… …

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  • 60SUBLIME (philosophie) — Élévation du sujet, génie de l’auteur, sublimité de la pensée, authenticité et vigueur de la passion: ces éléments, dont l’appréciation relève de critères spécifiques, voient leur discrimination compliquée par l’inévitable distinction entre forme …

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