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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Sublimate and Advance #95538 02/14/2003 6:22 AM Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina sjm old hand sjm old hand Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina Welcome suededevil, nice to have you with us. Merriam-Webster gives as the first meaning of sublimate the following: 1 a : SUBLIME 1 b archaic : to improve or refine as if by subliming This suggests to me that to say "sublimate our English" might not be clearly understood by some, since it uses the word sublimate in a way that is no longer common. Not by any strech of the imagination wrong, just unusual. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Sublimate and Advance suededevil 02/14/2003 5:39 AM Re: Sublimate and Advance sjm 02/14/2003 6:22 AM Re: Sublimate and Advance maahey 02/14/2003 11:08 AM Re: Sublimate and Advance Faldage 02/14/2003 11:37 AM Re: Sublimate and Advance wwh 02/14/2003 4:25 PM Re: Sublimate and Advance wow 02/15/2003 4:46 PM Re: Sublimate and Advance suededevil 02/16/2003 12:29 AM Re: Sublimate and Advance Jackie 02/16/2003 2:12 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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