sublimate
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sublimate (third-person singular simple present sublimates, present participle sublimating, simple past and past participle sublimated)
- (physics) To change state from a solid to a gas (or from a gas to a solid) without passing through the liquid state (transitive or intransitive)
- 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.
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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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[edit] Italian
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sublimate
- second-person plural present indicative of sublimare
- second-person plural imperative of sublimare
- Feminine plural of sublimato
[edit] Latin
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sublīmāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of sublīmō
