Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. The product of a sublimation. Corrosive sublimate is the muriate of mercury when it has undergone sublimation. It is one of the most virulent of the mineral poisons.
1. To bring a solid substance, as camphor or sulphur, into the state of vapor by heat, which on cooling, returns again to the solid state. [ See Sublimation .]
3. And as his actions rose, so raise they still their vein, in words whose weight best suits a sublimated strain.
A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified product so obtained.
Brought into a state of vapor by heat, as a solid substance; refined.
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Elevation Roget’s Thesaurus §307
N. elevation, raising, erection, lift, # sublevation, upheaval, sublimation, exaltation, prominence, lever, crane, derrick, windlass, capstan, winch, dredge, dredger, dredging machine, dumbwaiter, elevator, escalator, lift
V. heighten, elevate, raise, lift, erect, set up, stick up, perch up, perk up, tilt up, rear, hoist, heave, uplift, upraise, uprear, upbear, upcast, uphoist, upheave, buoy, weigh mount, give a lift, exalt, sublimate, place on a pedestal, set on a pedestal, escalate (increase) 35, 102, 194, take up, drag up, fish up, dredge, stand up, rise up, get up, jump up, spring to one's feet, hold oneself, hold one's head up, drawn oneself up to his full height
Adv. on stilts, on the shoulders of, on one's legs, on one's hind legs
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