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sub⋅li⋅mate

  [v. suhb-luh-meyt; n., adj. suhb-luh-mit, -meyt] verb, -mat⋅ed, -mat⋅ing, noun, adjective
–verb (used with object)
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.
a. to sublime (a solid substance); extract by this process.
b. to refine or purify (a substance).
3. to make nobler or purer: To read about great men sublimates ambition.
–verb (used without object)
4. to become sublimated; undergo sublimation.
–noun
5. Chemistry. the crystals, deposit, or material obtained when a substance is sublimated.
–adjective
6. purified or exalted; sublimated.
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Origin:
1425–75; late ME: exalted, sublimated < L sublīmātus (ptp. of sublīmāre to elevate), equiv. to sublīm(is) sublime + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
sub⋅li⋅ma⋅ble  [suhb-luh-muh-buhl] , adjective
sub⋅li⋅ma⋅ble⋅ness, noun
sub⋅li⋅ma⋅tion, noun
sub⋅li⋅ma⋅tion⋅al, adjective
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sub·li·mate   (sŭb'lə-māt')   
v.   sub·li·mat·ed, sub·li·mat·ing, sub·li·mates

v.   tr.

  1. Chemistry To cause (a solid or gas) to change state without becoming a liquid.

    1. To modify the natural expression of (a primitive, instinctual impulse) in a socially acceptable manner.

    2. To divert the energy associated with (an unacceptable impulse or drive) into a personally and socially acceptable activity.

v.   intr. Chemistry
To transform directly from the solid to the gaseous state or from the gaseous to the solid state without becoming a liquid.

[Latin sublīmāre, sublīmāt-, to elevate, from sublīmis, uplifted.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1sub·li·mate
Pronunciation: 's&b-l&-"mAt, -m&t
Function: noun
1 : MERCURIC CHLORIDE
2 : a chemical product obtained by sublimation

Main Entry: 2sub·li·mate
Pronunciation: 's&b-l&-"mAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -mat·ed;-mat·ing
1 : SUBLIME
2 : to divert the expression of (an instinctualdesire or impulse) from its primitive form to one that is considered more socially or culturally acceptable sublimated into intellectual passion —HavelockEllis>
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sublimate sub·li·mate (sŭb'lə-māt')
v. sub·li·mat·ed, sub·li·mat·ing, sub·li·mates

  1. To transform directly from the solid to the gaseous state or from the gaseous to the solid state without becoming a liquid.

  2. To modify the natural expression of an instinctual impulse, especially a sexual one, in a socially acceptable manner.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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