simple past tense and past participle of sublime

A device for heating a substance to yield a sublimate.

comparative form of sublime: more sublime

plural of sublimation

Something sublime.

(chemistry, physics, transitive, intransitive) To sublimate. / (transitive) To raise on high. / (transitive) To exalt; to heighten; to improve; to purify. / (transitive) To dignify; to ennoble.

Noble and majestic. / Impressive and awe-inspiring, yet simple. / (obsolete) Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty. / (obsolete) Elevated by joy; elated.

(transitive, intransitive, physics) To change state from a solid to a gas without passing through the liquid state. / (transitive, archaic) To purify or refine a substance through such a change of state.

(chemistry) A product obtained by sublimation.

plural of sublime