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sublimate
[ verb suhb-luh-meyt; noun adjective suhb-luh-mit, -meyt ]
verb (used with object)
- Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- Chemistry.
- to sublime (a solid substance); extract by this process.
- to refine or purify (a substance).
- to make nobler or purer:
To read about great men sublimates ambition.
verb (used without object)
- to become sublimated; undergo sublimation.
noun
- Chemistry. the crystals, deposit, or material obtained when a substance is sublimated.
adjective
- purified or exalted; sublimated.
sublimate
/ ˈsʌblɪˌmeɪt; ˈsʌbləməbəl /
verb
- psychol to direct the energy of (a primitive impulse, esp a sexual one) into activities that are considered to be socially more acceptable
- tr to make purer; refine
noun
- chem the material obtained when a substance is sublimed
adjective
- exalted or purified
Derived Forms
- sublimable, adjective
Other Words From
- sub·li·ma·ble [suhb, -l, uh, -m, uh, -b, uh, l], adjective
- subli·ma·ble·ness noun
- subli·mation noun
- de·subli·mate verb (used with object) desublimated desublimating
- re·subli·mate verb (used with object) resublimated resublimating
- super·subli·mated adjective
- un·subli·mated adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of sublimate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of sublimate1
Example Sentences
In Wignot’s dreamily eloquent film, she presents us with a portrait of a man who seemingly sublimated his entire being into the creation of his art, documenting Ailey’s magnificent career with a wealth of archival footage and interviews.
Like a pet particularly prone to shedding, Swift-Tuttle leaves behind tiny bits of itself as it ambles along through the solar system, particularly when it’s near our star, and its solid, icy surface heats up, sublimating into a gas.
It’s one of only five moons in the solar system known to be geologically active, as evidenced by its active geysers that spew sublimated nitrogen gas.
Still, dry ice sublimates, or turns directly into carbon dioxide gas.
In fact, I think it’s quite not, but I’m probably doing a whole lot of sublimating without knowing it.
It dissolves mercury, and with it forms corrosive sublimate.
I compounded this philter of corrosive sublimate and herbs that have an effect upon the skin.
Mademoiselle Huet saw that the box contained sublimate of mercury in powder and in paste.
Corrosive sublimate, saturated aqueous solution, for five minutes.
Of these, Lang's corrosive sublimate solution is decidedly the best all-round "fixative."
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