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sub·li·mate
I. \ˈsəbləˌmāt, usu -ād.+V\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin sublimatus, past participle of sublimare to lift up, raise — more at sublime
transitive verb
1. obsolete
a. : to elevate to a place of dignity or honor
b. : to give a more elevated character to
2. [Medieval Latin sublimatus, past participle of sublimare to refine, sublime, from Latin, to raise, lift up]
a. : to cause to sublime
< sublimate sulfur >
b. archaic : to improve or refine as if by subliming
c. obsolete : to get or extract by or as if by subliming
3. : to direct the energy of (an impulse) from a primitive aim to one that is higher in the cultural scale especially in the course of psychoanalysis
< sublimate sexual curiosity into artistic or scientific production >
intransitive verb
: to undergo sublimation
II. \-ˌmāt, -_mə̇t, usu -d.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Medieval Latin sublimatum, from neuter of sublimatus, past participle of sublimare to sublime
1. : mercury chloride b
2. : a chemical product obtained by sublimation |