About The Word Sublimate
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Sublimate
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What's The Definition Of Sublimate?
[n] the product of vaporization of a solid
[adj] made pure [v] vaporize and then condense right back again [v] change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated" [v] remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distiilation; "purify the water" [v] make more subtle or refined [v] direct energy or urges into useful activities Synonyms | Synonyms for Sublimate: distill | make pure | pure | purified | purify | rarefy | refined | sublime | subtilize Related Terms | Find terms related to Sublimate: See Also | aerify | airt | alter | ameliorate | amend | better | bichloride of mercury | change | condense | corrosive sublimate | desexualise | desexualize | evaporate | gas | gasify | improve | meliorate | mercuric chloride | mercury chloride | purge | rectify | redirect | refine | resublime | vaporise | vaporize Sublimate In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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}. \Sub"li*mate\, a. [LL. sublimatus.] Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid. |
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