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.