The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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To raise on high. [Archaic]
A soul sublimed by an idea above the region of vanity and conceit.
--E. P. Whipple. (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.
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To exalt; to heighten; to improve; to purify.
The sun . . . Which not alone the southern wit sublimes, But ripens spirits in cold, northern climes.
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To dignify; to ennoble.
An ordinary gift can not sublime a person to a supernatural employment.
--Jer. Taylor.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of sublime English)
Usage examples of "subliming".
It was the problem that Subliming dispensed with, of course, and it was one of the (usually more minor) reasons that civilisations chose Elderhood.
There were generally a host of warning signs that a society was about to Sublime - a degree of society-wide ennui, the revival of long-quiescent religions and other irrational beliefs, an interest in the mythology and methodology of Subliming itself - and it almost always happened to fairly well-established and long-lived civilisations.
Again, the Culture was something of an exception, neither decently Subliming out of the way nor claiming its place with the other urbane sophisticates gathered reminiscing round the hearth of galactic wisdom, but instead behaving like an idealistic adolescent.
All this, of course, suited those who remained behind quite well, because the implication was that Subliming led to powers and abilities that gave those who had undergone the transformation an almost god-like status.
Instead Subliming seemed to be the opposite of useful as the word was normally understood.
No discernible pattern in the partial Subliming Event could be determined.
Across the galaxy, research programmes into Subliming were quietly instituted, dragged out of dormancy and re-energised, or accelerated as the horrible possibilities sank in.
There was an inevitable vagueness associated with the whole procedure that Involveds throughout the galaxy had become used to when dealing with anything to do with Subliming, but it had been proved to the satisfaction of even the most sceptical of observers that the personalities of dead Chelgrians did survive after death, and could be contacted through suitably enabled devices or people.
They were too heavy for the subliming vapors below to push them away, and the mechs made doubly sure by hammering cables to anchor the slabs.
Back there they began subliming a new round domed cavern, and digging a shallow lakebed for a new lake.
He read voraciously in his usual manner, and viewed videotapes, and learned that with the atmosphere still so thin and cold, all the new ice released on the surface was subliming until its exposed surfaces were fretted to a minute lacework.
What they could do, if skillfully directed, was to nudge missiles aside by subliming material off one side as reaction mass.