Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sublimate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sublimate \Sub"li*mate\, a. [LL. sublimatus.]
Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as
a solid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sublimate \Sub"li*mate\, n. [LL. sublimatum.] (Chem.)
A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified
product so obtained.
{Corrosive sublimate}. (Chem.) See under {Corrosive}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sublimate
adj : made pure [syn: {purified}, {refined}]
n : the product of vaporization of a solid
v 1: direct energy or urges into useful activities
2: make more subtle or refined [syn: {rarefy}, {subtilize}]
3: remove impurities from; "purify the water" [syn: {purify}, {make
pure}, {distill}]
4: vaporize and then condense right back again [syn: {sublime}]
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