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sublimate

[ UK /sˈʌblɪmˌe‍ɪt/ ]
VERB
  1. make more subtle or refined
  2. vaporize and then condense right back again
  3. direct energy or urges into useful activities
  4. remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
    purify the water
  5. change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting
    some salts sublime when heated
    sublime iodine
ADJECTIVE
  1. made pure
NOUN
  1. the product of vaporization of a solid

How To Use sublimate In A Sentence

  • Art is an existence of sublimation, and embodies in nature the sublimated feature of beauty creation.
  • The poet in Lawrence was sublimated by the journalist in him in order to accomplish this project and get paid.
  • Submerged and sublimated, they will periodically push their way up through the conscious surface as unquenched animal desires, inexplicable tendencies, arresting visions and relentless dreams.
  • In this kind we commend the wisdom and goodness of Galen, who would not leave unto the world too subtle a theory of poisons; unarming thereby the malice of venomous spirits, whose ignorance must be contented with sublimate and arsenic. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6
  • Freeze-Drying Freeze-drying is the technique originally used by Andean peoples to make charqui; they took advantage of the thin dry air to evaporate moisture from meat during sunny days and sublimate it from ice crystals during freezing nights. On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
  • He could try to sublimate the problem by writing, in detail, about it.
  • Let the life sublimate in respectfully to, lets the trail which the time record we struggle!
  • The printer warms this ribbon and sublimates the dye so it affixes to the specially coated glossy paper.
  • The whole thing is then "ironed" with a giant heated press, causing the colors on the paper to sublimate into the fabric. PezCyclingNews.com
  • As is the case in plays of this nature, the rest of the cast are sublimated to the greater good of the main part.
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