sublimate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sublimate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sublimate adj made pure n the product of vaporization of a solid v direct energy or urges into useful activities make more subtle or refined Synonym(s): rarefy, sublimate, subtilize remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water" Synonym(s): purify, sublimate, make pure, distill change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated" Synonym(s): sublime, sublimate vaporize and then condense right back again Synonym(s): sublime, sublimate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sublimate \Sub"limate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sublimated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sublimating}.] [L. sublimatus, p. p. of sublimare to raise, elevate, fr. sublimis high: cf. F. sublimer. See {Sublime}, a., and cf. {Surlime}, v. t.] 1. To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate* sulphur or camphor. 2. To refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate. The precepts of Christianity are . . . so apt to cleanse and sublimate the more gross and corrupt. --Dr. H. More.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sublimate \Sub"li*mate\, n. [LL. sublimatum.] (Chem.) A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified product so obtained. {Corrosive sublimate}. (Chem.) See under {Corrosive}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sublimate \Sub"li*mate\, a. [LL. sublimatus.] Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid.