sublimate

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses…

   To heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses in solid form on cooler parts of the container.

2. 2

   To refine (something) until it disappears or loses all meaning.

3. 3

   To modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially…

   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.

4. ›+ 7 more definitionsshow fewer

   1. 4

      To obtain (something) through, or as if through, sublimation.

   2. 5

      To purify or refine (a substance).

      • The precepts of Christianity are […] so apt […] to cleanse and sublimate the more gross and corrupt.
   3. 6

      Synonym of sublime.

   4. 7

      Of a substance

      Of a substance: to change from a solid into a gas without passing through the liquid state, with or without being heated.

   5. 8

      To modify the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct in a socially…

      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.

   6. 9

      Synonym of sublime (“to become higher in quality or status

      Synonym of sublime (“to become higher in quality or status; to improve”).

   7. 10

      A product obtained by sublimation.

The neighborhood

• antonymdeposit
• antonymdesublimate
• neighborcorrosive sublimate
• neighborgasify
• neighborrefine