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sublimate

transitive verb sublimated, sublimating

  1. to cause to change directly from a solid to a gas, or from a gas to a solid, without becoming a liquid
  2. to have a purifying or ennobling influence or effect on
  3. to express (socially or personally unacceptable impulses, specif. sexual impulses) in constructive, acceptable forms, often unconsciously

intransitive verb

to undergo sublimating

adjective

sublimated

noun

a substance that is the product of sublimating

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See sublimate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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