Sublimate Definition
sŭblə-māt
sublimated, sublimates, sublimating
verb
sublimated, sublimates, sublimating
To undergo sublimating.
Webster's New World
To cause to change directly from a solid to a gas, or from a gas to a solid, without becoming a liquid.
Webster's New World
To cause (a solid or gas) to sublimate.
American Heritage
To have a purifying or ennobling influence or effect on.
Webster's New World
To express (socially or personally unacceptable impulses, specif. sexual impulses) in constructive, acceptable forms, often unconsciously.
Webster's New World
noun
sublimates
A substance that is the product of sublimating.
Webster's New World
adjective
Sublimated.
Webster's New World
Origin of Sublimate
Latin sublīmāre sublīmāt- to elevate from sublīmis uplifted
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Latin sublimatus, past participle of sublimare (“to raise, elevate").
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