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sublimating
Variant of sublimate
transitive verb sublimated, sublimating
- to cause to change directly from a solid to a gas, or from a gas to a solid, without becoming a liquid
- to have a purifying or ennobling influence or effect on
- 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
Related Forms:
- sublimation noun
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