sublimate
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈsʌblɪmeɪt/
sublimate (sublimates, present participle sublimating; past and past participle sublimated)
- (ambitransitive, physics) To change state from a solid to a gas without passing through the liquid state. [from 16th c.]
- Synonyms: sublime
- (transitive, archaic) To purify or refine a substance through such a change of state.
- (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.
- (archaic) To raise to a place of honor; to refine and exalt.
- Synonyms: heighten, elevate
- The precepts of Christianity are […] so apt to cleanse and sublimate the more gross and corrupt.
- French: sublimer
- German: sublimieren
- Portuguese: sublimar
- Russian: сублими́ровать
- Spanish: sublimar
- French: sublimer
- German: sublimieren
- Portuguese: sublimar
- Spanish: sublimar
sublimate (plural sublimates)
- (chemistry) A product obtained by sublimation.
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