Metamorphosism

Sublime

What do you find sublime? I want to know.

I.e. (from Webster's 1913 dictionary:)

1. \Sub*lime"\, a. [Compar. {Sublimer}; superl.
   {Sublimest}.] [L. sublimis; sub under + (perhaps) a word akin
   to limen lintel, sill, thus meaning, up to the lintel: cf. F.
   sublime. Cf. {Eliminate}.]
   
   1. Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.

      Sublime on these a tower of steel is reared.
      --Dryden.

   2. Distinguished by lofty or noble traits; eminent; -- said
      of persons. ``The sublime Julian leader.'' --De Quincey.

   3. Awakening or expressing the emotion of awe, adoration,
      veneration, heroic resolve, etc.; dignified; grand;
      solemn; stately; -- said of an impressive object in
      nature, of an action, of a discourse, of a work of art, of
      a spectacle, etc.; as, sublime scenery; a sublime deed.

      Easy in words thy style, in sense sublime. --Prior.

      Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be
      strong. --Longfellow.

   4. Elevated by joy; elate. [Poetic]

      Their hearts were jocund and sublime, Drunk with
      idolatry, drunk with wine. --Milton.

   5. Lofty of mien; haughty; proud. [Poetic] ``Countenance
      sublime and insolent.'' --Spenser.

      His fair, large front and eye sublime declared
      Absolute rule. --Milton.

      Syn: Exalted; lofty; noble; majestic. See {Grand}.

   
   

2. \Sub*lime"\, n.
   That which is sublime; -- with the definite article; as:
   
   1. A grand or lofty style in speaking or writing; a style
      that expresses lofty conceptions.

      The sublime rises from the nobleness of thoughts,
      the magnificence of words, or the harmonious and
      lively turn of the phrase. --Addison.
      

   2. That which is grand in nature or art, as distinguished
      from the merely beautiful.

   
   

3. \Sub*lime"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sublimed}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Subliming}.] [Cf. L. sublimare, F. sublimer to
   subject to sublimation. See {Sublime}, a., and cf.
   {Sublimate}, v. t.]
   
   1. To raise on high. [Archaic]

      A soul sublimed by an idea above the region of
      vanity and conceit. --E. P.
      Whipple.

   2. (Chem.) To subject to the process of sublimation; to heat,
      volatilize, and condense in crystals or powder; to distill
      off, and condense in solid form; hence, also, to purify.

   3. To exalt; to heighten; to improve; to purify.

      The sun . . . Which not alone the southern wit
      sublimes, But ripens spirits in cold, northern
      climes. --Pope.

   4. To dignify; to ennoble.

      An ordinary gift can not sublime a person to a
      supernatural employment. --Jer. Taylor.

   
   

4. \Sub*lime"\, v. i. (Chem.)
   To pass off in vapor, with immediate condensation;
   specifically, to evaporate or volatilize from the solid state
   without apparent melting; -- said of those substances, like
   arsenic, benzoic acid, etc., which do not exhibit a liquid
   form on heating, except under increased pressure.