Sublimate

[Sub·li*mate]

When you're at a lecture and you feel restless, you've got to sublimate the desire to move around. That means you force the desire to be more subtle so you can continue listening even if you don't want to.

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To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor.

Noun
the product of vaporization of a solid

Verb
vaporize and then condense right back again

Verb
change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated"

Verb
remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"

Verb
make more subtle or refined

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Verb
direct energy or urges into useful activities

Adjective S.
made pure


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.

v. t.
To refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate.

n.
A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified product so obtained.

a.
Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid.


Sublimate

Sub"li*mate , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sublimated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sublimating.] [L. sublimatus, p.p. of sublimare to raise, elevate, fr. sublimis high: cf. F. sublimer. See Sublime, a., and cf. Surlime, v. t.] 1. To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor. 2. To refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate.
The precepts of Christianity are . . . so apt to cleanse and sublimate the more gross and corrupt.

Sublimate

Sub"li*mate , n. [LL. sublimatum.] (Chem.) A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified product so obtained. Corrosive sublimate. (Chem.) See under Corrosive.

Sublimate

Sub"li*mate, a. [LL. sublimatus.] Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid.

To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor.

A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified product so obtained.

Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid.

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Usage Examples

Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them.

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