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Used for sublimation; as, sublimatory vessels. Boyle.

Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty. Sublime on these a tower of steel is reared. Dryden.

Having been subjected to the process of sublimation; hence, also, purified. "Sublimed mercurie." Chaucer.

In a sublime manner.

The quality or state of being sublime; sublimity.

The act of making sublime, or state of being made sublime.

Existing in the mind, but below the surface or threshold of consciousness; that is, existing as feeling rather than as clear ideas.

The quality or state of being sublime (in any sense of the adjective).

A mark of a line or lines under a word in a sentence, or under another line; underlining.

A process or fold below the tongue in some animals.

Situated under the tongue; as, the sublingual gland.

The act or process of laying the ground in a painting. [R.]

Under the shore. Smart.

Situated under, or at the bases of, the lobules of the liver.

Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the lumbar region of the vertebral column.

beneath the moon; hence, of or pertaining to this world; terrestrial; earthly. All things sublunary are subject to change. Dryden. All sublunary comforts imitate the changeableness, as well as feel the influence, of the planet they are under. South.

Any worldly thing. [Obs.]

An incomplete or partial dislocation.

Situated under the mammæ; as, submammary inflammation.

Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants. Submarine armor, a waterproof dress of strong material, having a helmet into which air for breathing is pumped through a tube leading from above the surface to enable a diver to remain under water. -- Submarine cable. See Te…