Sublimated

3 definitions found

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

  Sublimated \Sub"li*ma`ted\, a.
     Refined by, or as by, sublimation; exalted; purified.
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           [Words] whose weight best suits a sublimated strain.
                                                    --Dryden.


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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]:

  sublimated
       adj : passing or having passed from the solid to the gaseous state
             (or vice versa) without becoming liquid [syn: {sublimed}]