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sublimize, v.|ˈsʌblɪmaɪz, səˈblaɪmaɪz|
[f. sublime a. + -ize. Cf. F. sublimiser.]
trans. To make sublime; to elevate, exalt, or refine.
1813Hervey's Medit. Mem. Author p. xvi, She thought herself so completely sublimized as to stand in no need of religious instruction. 1841Hor. Smith Moneyed Man II. viii. 247 Solemn music and rich odours..sublimized devotion into ecstasy. 1880‘Ouida’ Moths i, Baptiste sublimised and apotheosised by niello buttons, old lace, and genius.
Hence sublimized ppl. a., elevated, exalted; refined in quality.
1849Benares Mag. July II. 204 He declares..that the sublimized humanity of Feuerbach is almost as monstrous as Deity itself. 1896Daily News 21 Apr. 6/4 It would seldom occur to anyone to recognise an affinity between the sack coverings to be seen on huge bales at warehouses and the sublimised fabric as applied to the bodices of ladies' dresses. |