[səˈblʌɪm], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- of very great excellence or beauty
(e.g: Mozart's sublime piano concertos)

- (of a person's attitude or behaviour) extreme or unparalleled
(e.g: he had the sublime confidence of youth)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘high up’): partly via French from Latin sublimis, probably from sub- ‘up to’ + limis, limus ‘oblique’

[səˈblʌɪm], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a solid substance) change directly into vapour when heated, typically forming a solid deposit again on cooling
(e.g: the ice sublimed away, leaving the books dry and undamaged)

- elevate to a high degree of moral or spiritual purity or excellence
(e.g: let your thoughts be sublimed by the spirit of God)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘high up’): partly via French from Latin sublimis, probably from sub- ‘up to’ + limis, limus ‘oblique’