Sublimate

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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


        {Corrosive sublimate} under {Corrosive}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sublimate \Sub"li*mate\, a. [LL. sublimatus.]
     Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as
     a solid.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. To refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate.
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              The precepts of Christianity are . . . so apt to
              cleanse and sublimate the more gross and corrupt.
                                                    --Dr. H. More.
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     3. (Psychology) To redirect the energy (of sexual or other
        biological drives) into a more socially acceptable or
        constructive form.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sublimate
       adj : made pure [syn: {purified}, {refined}]
       n : the product of vaporization of a solid
       v 1: direct energy or urges into useful activities
       2: make more subtle or refined [syn: {rarefy}, {subtilize}]
       3: remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and
          separate through the process of distillation; "purify the
          water" [syn: {purify}, {make pure}, {distill}]
       4: change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor
          without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts
          sublime when heated" [syn: {sublime}]
       5: vaporize and then condense right back again [syn: {sublime}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  94 Moby Thesaurus words for "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