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sublimes

verb as in dignify

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This affection sublimes the passions, quickens the invention, and sharpens the sagacity, of the brute creation.

In close vessels it wholly sublimes, but burns with a small flame in pure air.

In a strong heat, and in close vessels, this metal sublimes.

Under a moderately strong heat, quicksilver evaporates, or—to speak more scientifically—sublimes; and gold does not.

The fluoride, CrF3, results on passing hydrofluoric acid over the heated chloride, and sublimes in needles.

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On this page you'll find 260 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sublimes, such as: admire, adore, commemorate, lionize, worship, and acclaim.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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