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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the product of vaporization of a solid;


VERB (5)

1. direct energy or urges into useful activities;

2. make more subtle or refined;
[syn: rarefy, sublimate, subtilize]

3. remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation;
- Example: "purify the water"
[syn: purify, sublimate, make pure, distill]

4. change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting;
- Example: "sublime iodine"
- Example: "some salts sublime when heated"
[syn: sublime, sublimate]

5. vaporize and then condense right back again;
[syn: sublime, sublimate]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. made pure;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sublimate \Sub"li*mate\, n. [LL. sublimatum.] (Chem.) A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified product so obtained. [1913 Webster] Corrosive sublimate. (Chem.) mercuric chloride. See Corrosive sublimate under Corrosive. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sublimate \Sub"li*mate\, a. [LL. sublimatus.] Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. To refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate. [1913 Webster] The precepts of Christianity are . . . so apt to cleanse and sublimate the more gross and corrupt. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster] 3. (Psychology) To redirect the energy (of sexual or other biological drives) into a more socially acceptable or constructive form. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sublimate adj 1: made pure n 1: the product of vaporization of a solid v 1: direct energy or urges into useful activities 2: make more subtle or refined [syn: rarefy, sublimate, subtilize] 3: remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water" [syn: purify, sublimate, 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, sublimate] 5: vaporize and then condense right back again [syn: sublime, sublimate]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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