Associations to the word «Sublimate»

Wiktionary

SUBLIMATE, verb. (ambitransitive) (physics) To change state from a solid to a gas without passing through the liquid state.
SUBLIMATE, verb. To purify or refine a substance through such a change of state.
SUBLIMATE, verb. (transitive) (psychoanalysis) To modify the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of such an instinct into some acceptable activity.
SUBLIMATE, verb. (archaic) To raise to a place of honor; to refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate.
SUBLIMATE, noun. (chemistry) A product obtained by sublimation.

Dictionary definition

SUBLIMATE, noun. The product of vaporization of a solid.
SUBLIMATE, verb. Direct energy or urges into useful activities.
SUBLIMATE, verb. Make more subtle or refined.
SUBLIMATE, verb. Remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water".
SUBLIMATE, verb. Change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated".
SUBLIMATE, verb. Vaporize and then condense right back again.
SUBLIMATE, adjective. Made pure.

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne