sublimer

Sublime \Sub*lime"\, a. [Compar. {Sublimer}; superl.
   {Sublimest}.] [L. sublimis; sub under + (perhaps) a word akin
   to limen lintel, sill, thus meaning, up to the lintel: cf. F.
   sublime. Cf. {Eliminate}.]
   1. Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.
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            Sublime on these a tower of steel is reared.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   2. Distinguished by lofty or noble traits; eminent; -- said
      of persons. "The sublime Julian leader." --De Quincey.
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   3. Awakening or expressing the emotion of awe, adoration,
      veneration, heroic resolve, etc.; dignified; grand;
      solemn; stately; -- said of an impressive object in
      nature, of an action, of a discourse, of a work of art, of
      a spectacle, etc.; as, sublime scenery; a sublime deed.
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            Easy in words thy style, in sense sublime. --Prior.
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            Know how sublime a thing it is
            To suffer and be strong.              --Longfellow.
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   4. Elevated by joy; elate. [Poetic]
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            Their hearts were jocund and sublime,
            Drunk with idolatry, drunk with wine. --Milton.
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   5. Lofty of mien; haughty; proud. [Poetic] "Countenance
      sublime and insolent." --Spenser.
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            His fair, large front and eye sublime declared
            Absolute rule.                        --Milton.
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   Syn: Exalted; lofty; noble; majestic. See {Grand}.
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