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sublīmo , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. id.,
I.to lift up on high, to raise, elevate (ante- and postclass.).
I. Lit.: facem (sol), Enn. ap. Non. 170, 11 (Trag. v. 319 Vahl.): “se nubium tenus,” App. Flor. p. 340, 38; cf. “mid.: sublimata in altum,” id. M. 3, p. 138, 34; Vitr. 6, 6, 4; Vulg. 1 Reg. 2, 10.—
II. Trop.: “sublimavit dixit (Cato), id est in altum extulit, Originum, l. II.: in maximum decus atque in excelsissimam claritudinem sublimavit,” Fest. p. 306 Müll.: “aliquem,” Macr. S. 1, 24 med.: “Pallas praetoriis ornamentis sublimatus,” Aur. Vict. Epit. 4 med.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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