sublimate
['sʌblə`met]
vt. 使升华, 使尚

vi. 升华, 纯

a. 纯净, 尚, 想

n. 升华

[医] 升华



sublimate
[ noun ]

1. the product of vaporization of a solid

<noun.substance>

[ verb ]

1. direct energy or urges into useful activities

<verb.motion>

2. make more subtle or refined

<verb.change> rarefy subtilize

3. remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation

<verb.change> distill make pure purify
purify the water

4. change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting

<verb.change> sublime
sublime iodine
some salts sublime when heated

5. vaporize and then condense right back again

<verb.change> sublime

[ adj ]

1. made pure

<adj.all>

Sublimate \Sub"li*mate\, a. [LL. sublimatus.]
Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as
a solid.


Sublimate \Sub"li*mate\, 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.

3. (Psychology) To redirect the energy (of sexual or other
biological drives) into a more socially acceptable or
constructive form.
[PJC]


Sublimate \Sub"li*mate\, n. [LL. sublimatum.] (Chem.)
A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified
product so obtained.

{Corrosive sublimate}. (Chem.) mercuric chloride. See
{Corrosive sublimate} under {Corrosive}.