sublimification
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin sublimis (“sublime”) + -ficare (“to make”). See -fy.
Noun[edit]
sublimification (usually uncountable, plural sublimifications)
- The act of making sublime
- The state of being sublime, or being made sublime.
- (Can we date this quote?), Mary Olmstead Stanton, The Encyclopaedia of Face and Form Reading:
- Standing at the apex of all creation is man, the very epitome, sublimification, and essence of creative energy
References[edit]
- “sublimification”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.