Found 3 items, similar to Sublimate.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: sublimate menghaluskan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sublimate sublimate adj : made pure [syn: purified, refined] sublimate 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, 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sublimate Sublimate \Sub"li*mate\, a. [LL. sublimatus.] Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate. [1913 Webster] The precepts of Christianity are . . . so apt to cleanse and sublimate the more gross and corrupt. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster] 3. (Psychology) To redirect the energy (of sexual or other biological drives) into a more socially acceptable or constructive form. [PJC] Sublimate \Sub"li*mate\, n. [LL. sublimatum.] (Chem.) A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified product so obtained. [1913 Webster] Corrosive sublimate. (Chem.) mercuric chloride. See Corrosive sublimate under Corrosive. [1913 Webster]