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HYPHEN
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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sublimate

POS

Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive), Adjective

HYPHEN

sub=li=mate

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun sublimate has 1 sense

sublimate(n = noun.substance) - the product of vaporization of a solid;

is a kind of

gas

has particulars: bichloride of mercury, corrosive sublimate, mercuric chloride, mercury chloride

Derived forms verb sublimate₅, verb sublimate₄, verb sublimate₃, verb sublime₁

Verb sublimate has 5 senses

sublimate(v = verb.motion) - direct energy or urges into useful activities;

is one way to

airt

redirect

Derived form noun sublimation₂

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

sublimate(v = verb.change) rarefy, subtilize - make more subtle or refined;

is one way to alter, change, modify

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

sublimate(v = verb.change) distill, make pure, purify - remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"

is one way to ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate

Derived form noun sublimate₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

sublimate(v = verb.change) sublime - change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated"

is one way to aerify, gasify, vaporise, vaporize

Derived forms noun sublimate₁, noun sublimation₁

Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something ----s something

sublimate(v = verb.change) sublime - vaporize and then condense right back again;

is one way to change

Derived form noun sublimate₁

Sample sentence:
Something ----s

Adjective sublimate has 1 sense

sublimate(s = adj.all) - made pure;

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CIDE DICTIONARY

sublimate, v. t. [L. sublimatus, p. p. of sublimare to raise, elevate, fr. sublimis high: cf. F. sublimer. See Sublime, a., and cf. Surlime, v. t.].

To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor. [1913 Webster]
To refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate. [1913 Webster]
"The precepts of Christianity are . . . so apt to cleanse and sublimate the more gross and corrupt." [1913 Webster]
To redirect the energy (of sexual or other biological drives) into a more socially acceptable or constructive form. [PJC]

sublimate, n. [LL. sublimatum.].

A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified product so obtained. [1913 Webster]

Corrosive sublimate. (Chem.) mercuric chloride. See Corrosive sublimate under Corrosive.

sublimate, a. [LL. sublimatus.].

Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

sublimate, 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.

Derivative

sublimation n.

Etymology

L sublimare sublimat- SUBLIME v.

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THESAURUS

sublimate

aerate, aerify, alluvion, alluvium, alter, ash, atomize, bolt, carbonate, channel, chlorinate, cinder, clarify, clear, clinker, decrassify, deposition, deposits, depurate, diluvium, distill, divert, draff, dregs, dross, edulcorate, elute, ember, emit, essentialize, etherify, etherize, evaporate, exhale, extract, feces, filter, filtrate, fluidize, fractionate, froth, fume, fumigate, gasify, give off, grounds, hydrogenate, inhibit, keep under, leach, lees, lixiviate, loess, moraine, offscum, oxygenate, percolate, perfume, precipitate, precipitation, purify, rectify, reek, refine, repress, scoria, screen, scum, sediment, send out, separate, settlings, sieve, sift, silt, sinter, slag, smoke, smother, smut, soot, spiritualize, spray, steam, stifle, strain, sublime, suppress, transform, transmute, try, vaporize, volatilize, winnow

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Elevation

VB heighten, elevate, raise, lift, erect, set up, stick up, perch up, perk up, tilt up, rear, hoist, heave, uplift, upraise, uprear, upbear, upcast, uphoist, upheave, buoy, weigh mount, give a lift, exalt, sublimate, place on a pedestal, set on a pedestal, escalate 102, take up, drag up, fish up, dredge, stand up, rise up, get up, jump up, spring to one's feet, hold oneself, hold one's head up, drawn oneself up to his full height.