Sublation
(Sub*la"tion) n. [L. sublatio, fr. sublatus, used as p. p. of tollere to take away.] The act of
taking or carrying away; removal. [R.] Bp. Hall.
Sublative
(Sub"la*tive) a. Having power, or tending, to take away. [R.] Harris.
Sublease
(Sub"lease`) n. (Law) A lease by a tenant or lessee to another person; an underlease. Bouvier.
Sublessee
(Sub`les*see") n. A holder of a sublease.
Sublet
(Sub*let") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sublet; p. pr. & vb. n. Subletting.] To underlet; to lease, as
when a lessee leases to another person.
Sublevation
(Sub`le*va"tion) n. [L. sublevare to lift up; sub under + levare to lift, raise: cf. L. sublevatio
an allevation.]
1. The act of raising on high; elevation. Sir T. More.
2. An uprising; an insurrection. [R.] Sir W. Temple.
Sublibrarian
(Sub`li*bra"ri*an) n. An under or assistant librarian.
Sublieutenant
(Sub`lieu*ten"ant) n. [Pref. sub + lieutenant: cf. F. sous-lieutenant.] An inferior or second
lieutenant; in the British service, a commissioned officer of the lowest rank.
Subligation
(Sub`li*ga"tion) n. [L. subligatio, from subligare to bind below; sub under + ligare to bind.]
The act of binding underneath. [R.]
Sublimable
(Sub*lim"a*ble) a. [Cf. F. sublimable. See Sublime., v. t.] Capable of being sublimed or
sublimated. — Sub*lim"a*ble*ness, n. Boyle.
Sublimate
(Sub"li*mate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sublimated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sublimating.] [L. sublimatus,
p. p. of sublimare to raise, elevate, fr. sublimis high: cf. F. sublimer. See Sublime, a., and cf. Surlime,
v. t.]
1. To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate
sulphur or camphor.
2. To refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate.
The precepts of Christianity are . . . so apt to cleanse and sublimate the more gross and corrupt.
Dr.
H. More. Sublimate
(Sub"li*mate) n. [LL. sublimatum.] (Chem.) A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also,
a purified product so obtained.
Corrosive sublimate. (Chem.) See under Corrosive.
Sublimate
(Sub"li*mate), a. [LL. sublimatus.] Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed
as a solid.
Sublimated
(Sub"li*ma`ted) a. Refined by, or as by, sublimation; exalted; purified.
[Words] whose weight best suits a sublimated strain.
Dryden. Sublimation
(Sub"li*ma`tion) n. [LL. sublimatio: cf. F. sublimation.]
1. (Chem.) The act or process of subliming, or the state or result of being sublimed.
