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Traditional English :: sublease
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sublavian.html - n. & v. --n. a lease of a property by a tenant to a subtenant. --v.tr. lease (a property) to a subtenant. |
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Traditional English :: sublessee
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sublavian.html - n. a person who holds a sublease. |
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Traditional English :: sublessor
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sublavian.html - n. a person who grants a sublease. |
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Traditional English :: sublet
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sublavian.html - n. & v. --n. --v.tr. (-letting; past and past part. -let) = SUBLEASE v. |
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Traditional English :: sublimate
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sublavian.html - v., adj., & n. --v.tr. 1 divert the energy of (a primitive impulse, esp. sexual) into a culturally higher activity. 2 Chem. convert (a substance) from the solid state directly to its vapour by heat, and usu. allow it to solidify again. 3 refine; purify; idealize. --adj. 1 Chem. (of a substance) sublimated. 2 purified, refined. --n. Chem. 1 a sublimated substance. 2 = corrosive sublimate. sublimation n. [L sublimare sublimat- SUBLIME v.] |
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Traditional English :: sublime
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sublavian.html - adj. & v. --adj. (sublimer, sublimest) 1 of the most exalted, grand, or noble kind; awe-inspiring (sublime genius). 2 (of indifference, impudence, etc.) arrogantly unruffled. --v. 1 tr. & intr. Chem. = SUBLIMATE v. 2. 2 tr. purify or elevate by or as if by sublimation; make sublime. 3 intr. become pure by or as if by sublimation. sublimely adv. sublimity n. [L sublimis (as SUB-, second element perh. rel. to limen threshold, limus oblique)] |
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