Sublimate is defined as to cause the change of a gas into a solid or a solid into a gas without becoming a liquid, or to have a refining effect on someone or something.
(verb)An example of sublimate is dry ice turning directly into carbon dioxide from solid form.
See sublimate in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb sublimated, sublimating
Origin: < L sublimatus, pp. of sublimare: see sublime,
intransitive verb
adjective
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See sublimate in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb sub·li·mat·ed, sub·li·mat·ing, sub·li·mates verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Latin sublīmāre, sublīmāt-, to elevate
Origin: , from sublīmis, uplifted
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