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Sub`lap*sa"ri*an*ism (?), n. Infralapsarianism.

Sub*lap"sa*ry (?), a. Sublapsarian. Johnson.

Sub"late (?), v. t. [From sublatus, used as p. p. of tollere to take away. See Tolerate.] To take or carry away; to remove. [R.] E. Hall.

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.

Sub"la*tive (?), a. Having power, or tending, to take away. [R.] Harris.

Sub"lease` (?), n. (Law) A lease by a tenant or lessee to another person; an underlease. Bouvier.

Sub`les*see" (?), n. A holder of a sublease.

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.

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.

Sub`li*bra"ri*an (?), n. An under or assistant librarian.

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.

Sub`li*ga"tion (?), n. [L. subligatio, from subligare to bind below; sub under + ligare to bind.] The act of binding underneath. [R.]

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.

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.

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.

Sub"li*mate, a. [LL. sublimatus.] Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid.

Sub"li*ma`ted (?), a. Refined by, or as by, sublimation; exalted; purified.

Dryden.

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.

2. The act of heightening or improving; exaltation; elevation; purification.

3. That which is sublimed; the product of a purifying process.

Religion is the perfection, refinement, and sublimation of morality.

South.

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