[v. suhb-luh-meyt; n., adj. suhb-luh-mit, -meyt] 
verb, -mat⋅ed, -mat⋅ing, noun, adjective | 1. | Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use. |
| 2. | Chemistry.
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| 3. | to make nobler or purer: To read about great men sublimates ambition. |
| 4. | to become sublimated; undergo sublimation. |
| 5. | Chemistry. the crystals, deposit, or material obtained when a substance is sublimated. |
| 6. | purified or exalted; sublimated. |
sublimate sub·li·mate (sŭb'lə-māt')
v. sub·li·mat·ed, sub·li·mat·ing, sub·li·mates
To transform directly from the solid to the gaseous state or from the gaseous to the solid state without becoming a liquid.
To modify the natural expression of an instinctual impulse, especially a sexual one, in a socially acceptable manner.
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