From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sublimate \Sub"li*mate\, adjective [LL. sublimatus.] Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sublimate \Sub"li*mate\, verb (used with an object) [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}, adjective, and cf. {Surlime}, verb (used with an object)]
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.
3. (Psychology) To redirect the energy (of sexual or other biological drives) into a more socially acceptable or constructive form. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sublimate \Sub"li*mate\, noun [LL. sublimatum.] (Chem.) A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified product so obtained.
{Corrosive sublimate}. (Chem.) mercuric chloride. See {Corrosive sublimate} under {Corrosive}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sublimate
adjective: made pure [syn: {purified}, {refined}]
noun: the product of vaporization of a solid
verb
1: direct energy or urges into useful activities
2: make more subtle or refined [syn: {rarefy}, {subtilize}]
3: remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water" [syn: {purify}, {make pure}, {distill}]
4: change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated" [syn: {sublime}]
5: vaporize and then condense right back again [syn: {sublime}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
94 Moby Thesaurus words for "sublimate": aerate, aerify, alluvion, alluvium, alter, ash, atomize, bolt, carbonate, channel, chlorinate, cinder, clarify, clear, clinker, decrassify, deposition, deposits, depurate, diluvium, distill, divert, draff, dregs, dross, edulcorate, elute, ember, emit, essentialize, etherify, etherize, evaporate, exhale, extract, feces, filter, filtrate, fluidize, fractionate, froth, fume, fumigate, gasify, give off, grounds, hydrogenate, inhibit, keep under, leach, lees, lixiviate, loess, moraine, offscum, oxygenate, percolate, perfume, precipitate, precipitation, purify, rectify, reek, refine, repress, scoria, screen, scum, sediment, send out, separate, settlings, sieve, sift, silt, sinter, slag, smoke, smother, smut, soot, spiritualize, spray, steam, stifle, strain, sublime, suppress, transform, transmute, try, vaporize, volatilize, winnow
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