sublimate
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Etymology [edit]
Latin sublimatus, past participle of sublimare (“to raise, elevate”).
Verb [edit]
sublimate (third-person singular simple present sublimates, present participle sublimating, simple past and past participle sublimated)
- (transitive, intransitive, physics) To change state from a solid to a gas (or from a gas to a solid) without passing through the liquid state.
- 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; to heighten; to elevate.
- Dr. H. More
- The precepts of Christianity are […] so apt to cleanse and sublimate the more gross and corrupt.
- Dr. H. More
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Translations [edit]
to change from solid to gas
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purify or refine
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psychoanalysis
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to raise to a place of honor
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Italian [edit]
Verb [edit]
sublimate
- second-person plural present indicative of sublimare
- second-person plural imperative of sublimare
- Feminine plural of sublimato
Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
sublīmāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of sublīmō
