transitive verb sublimated -·mat′ed, sublimating -·mat′·ing

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

Etymology: < L sublimatus, pp. of sublimare: see sublime,

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