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Sublimate
ˈsʌblɪmeɪt
Sublimate definitions
verb
sublimate
sublimated
sublimates
sublimating
- (in psychoanalytic theory) divert or modify (an instinctual impulse) into a culturally higher or socially more acceptable activity
"I try to sublimate this energy into productivity at work"
- transform (something) into a purer or idealized form
"attractive rhythms are sublimated into a much larger context"
- undergo a change of state from solid to gas without passing through the liquid phase, often forming a solid deposit again on cooling
"nitrogen sublimates at a lower temperature"
- cause (a substance) to sublimate
"the faint light of the Sun is still enough to sublimate carbon monoxide on its surface"
noun
sublimate
sublimates
- a solid deposit of a substance which has sublimated
"condensation of a sublimate"