sub|li|mate

sub|li|mate
sub|li|mate «verb. SUHB luh mayt; adjective, noun. SUHB luh miht, -mayt», verb, -mat|ed, -mat|ing, adjective, noun.
–v.t.
1. to purify; refine: »

The heat of Milton's mind may be said to sublimate his learning (Samuel Johnson).

2. to change (an undesirable impulse or trait) into a more desirable or acceptable activity.
3. to sublime (a solid substance).
–v.i.
to become sublimated.
–adj.
sublimated.
–n.
a material obtained when a substance is sublimed. Bichloride of mercury is a very poisonous sublimate.
╂[< Latin sublīmāre (with English -ate1) to raise < sublīmis lofty; see etym. under sublime (Cf. ↑sublime)]

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