"sublimate" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsʌblɪmeɪt/ [verb], /ˈsʌblɪmeɪt/ [noun], /ˈsʌblɪmət/ [noun] Audio: en-us-sublimate.ogg [US], en-au-sublimate.ogg [Australia] Forms: sublimates [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English sublymate, from Latin sublīmātus, past participle of sublīmāre (“to raise, elevate”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sublymate}} Middle English sublymate, {{der|en|la|sublīmātus}} Latin sublīmātus, {{m|la|sublimo|sublīmāre|t=to raise, elevate}} sublīmāre (“to raise, elevate”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sublimate (plural sublimates)
  1. (chemistry) A product obtained by sublimation. Categories (topical): Chemistry Related terms: freeze-dry
    Sense id: en-sublimate-en-noun-~sKhbbbG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 16 8 6 7 2 1 4 4 16 15 6 5 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Verb

IPA: /ˈsʌblɪmeɪt/ [verb], /ˈsʌblɪmeɪt/ [noun], /ˈsʌblɪmət/ [noun] Audio: en-us-sublimate.ogg [US], en-au-sublimate.ogg [Australia] Forms: sublimates [present, singular, third-person], sublimating [participle, present], sublimated [participle, past], sublimated [past]
Etymology: From Middle English sublymate, from Latin sublīmātus, past participle of sublīmāre (“to raise, elevate”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sublymate}} Middle English sublymate, {{der|en|la|sublīmātus}} Latin sublīmātus, {{m|la|sublimo|sublīmāre|t=to raise, elevate}} sublīmāre (“to raise, elevate”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} sublimate (third-person singular simple present sublimates, present participle sublimating, simple past and past participle sublimated)
  1. (transitive)
    (chemistry) To heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses in solid form on cooler parts of the container.
    (generally) To change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently.
    Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Chemistry Synonyms: sublime, sublime Translations (to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently): сублимирам (sublimiram) (Bulgarian), sublimar (Catalan), 升華 (Chinese Mandarin), 升华 (shēnghuá) (Chinese Mandarin), sublimovat (Czech), sublimere (Danish), sublimoitua [intransitive] (Finnish), sublimoida [transitive] (Finnish), sublimer (French), sublimieren (German), szublimál (Hungarian), elillan (Hungarian), 昇華させる (shōka saseru) (Japanese), 승화하다 (seunghwahada) (Korean), возвишува (vozvišuva) (Macedonian), сублими́ра (sublimíra) (Macedonian), whakahaurehu (Maori), whāhaurehu (Maori), بخار کردن (boxār kardan) [singular] (Persian), sublimar (Portuguese), сублими́ровать (sublimírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), возгоня́ть (vozgonjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), возгна́ть (vozgnátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), сублимирати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), у̀звӣшен [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sublimirati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ùzvīšen [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), veličasten (Slovene), sublimar (Spanish), sublimera (Swedish), lakdasingawin (Tagalog), ระเหิด (rá-hə̀ət) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-sublimate-en-verb-eyogtYwe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 16 8 6 7 2 1 4 4 16 15 6 5 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently': 42 9 1 2 1 2 1 2 19 17 2 2
  2. (transitive)
    (chemistry) To heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses in solid form on cooler parts of the container.
    (chiefly passive voice) To change (a substance) from a gas into a solid through sublimation.
    Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Chemistry Synonyms: sublime
    Sense id: en-sublimate-en-verb-~CXzOLJj Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. (transitive)
    (by extension)
    (figurative) To refine (something) until it disappears or loses all meaning.
    Tags: broadly, figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-sublimate-en-verb-~knkd~Qt
  4. (transitive)
    (by extension)
    (figurative, psychoanalysis) To modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of (such an instinct) into some acceptable activity.
    Tags: broadly, figuratively, transitive Categories (topical): Psychoanalysis
    Sense id: en-sublimate-en-verb-5BtdEA9P Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychoanalysis, psychology, sciences
  5. (transitive)
    (by extension)
    (chiefly figurative, archaic) To obtain (something) through, or as if through, sublimation.
    Tags: archaic, broadly, figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-sublimate-en-verb-REjWCABy
  6. (transitive)
    (by extension)
    (chiefly figurative, archaic) To purify or refine (a substance).
    Tags: archaic, broadly, figuratively, transitive Translations (to purify or refine (a substance)): пречиствам (prečistvam) (Bulgarian), sublimoida (Finnish), haihduttaa (Finnish), sublimer (French), sublimar (Portuguese), очища́ть (očiščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), очи́стить (očístitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), сублимирати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), sublimirati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), sublimar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sublimate-en-verb-8mpA1gSR Disambiguation of 'to purify or refine (a substance)': 6 7 8 1 1 60 1 1 7 7 1 1
  7. (transitive)
    (by extension) Synonym of sublime
    (also figurative) To raise (someone) to a high office or status; to dignify, to elevate, to exalt.
    Tags: also, broadly, figuratively, transitive Translations (to raise (someone) to a high office or status): sublimar (Catalan), ylevöittää (Finnish), honorer (French), sublimar (Portuguese), возвыша́ть (vozvyšátʹ) (Russian), возвы́сить (vozvýsitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), сублимирати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), sublimirati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), sublimar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sublimate-en-verb-8vDxwtri Disambiguation of 'to raise (someone) to a high office or status': 2 1 0 1 0 0 70 11 2 2 1 11
  8. (transitive)
    (by extension) Synonym of sublime
    (figurative) To raise (a physical thing) to a state of excellence; to improve.
    Tags: broadly, figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-sublimate-en-verb--Wfy~9Pk
  9. (intransitive)
    (chemistry) Of a substance: to change from a solid into a gas without passing through the liquid state, with or without being heated.
    Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Chemistry Synonyms: sublime
    Sense id: en-sublimate-en-verb-EzJdfy43 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 16 8 6 7 2 1 4 4 16 15 6 5 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  10. (intransitive)
    (chemistry) Of a substance: to change from a gas into a solid without passing through the liquid state.
    Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Chemistry Synonyms: sublime
    Sense id: en-sublimate-en-verb-p3InVMm3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 16 8 6 7 2 1 4 4 16 15 6 5 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  11. (intransitive)
    (figurative, psychoanalysis) To modify the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of such an instinct into some acceptable activity.
    Tags: figuratively, intransitive Categories (topical): Psychoanalysis
    Sense id: en-sublimate-en-verb-FpctzGaU Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychoanalysis, psychology, sciences
  12. (intransitive)
    (figurative) Synonym of sublime (“to become higher in quality or status; to improve”)
    Tags: figuratively, intransitive Synonyms: sublime [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-sublimate-en-verb--1TsI~aC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: corrosive sublimate, sublimation, sublime Translations (to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner): sublimovat (Czech), sublimoida (Finnish), ylevöittää (Finnish), sublimer (French), sublimieren (German), 昇華させる (shōka saseru) (Japanese), sublimar (Portuguese), сублимирати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), sublimirati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), sublimar (Spanish), sublimera (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner': 3 2 1 42 1 1 2 2 2 2 40 3

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
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          "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
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          "word": "сублимирати"
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          "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
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          "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
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          "word": "ùzvīšen"
        },
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
          "word": "veličasten"
        },
        {
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
          "word": "sublimar"
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          "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
          "word": "sublimera"
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
          "word": "lakdasingawin"
        },
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "rá-hə̀ət",
          "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
          "word": "ระเหิด"
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        [
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        [
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        ],
        [
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          "container"
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        [
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        [
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          "condenses",
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        [
          "solid",
          "solid#Adjective"
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        [
          "form",
          "form#Noun"
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        [
          "cooler",
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        [
          "parts",
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        "(chemistry) To heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses in solid form on cooler parts of the container.",
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        "(transitive)",
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          "ref": "1969, Susan Sontag, “What’s Happening in America”, in Styles of Radical Will, Kindle edition, Penguin Modern Classics, published 2009, page 194",
          "text": "Foreigners extol the American \"energy\" […] Basically it is the energy of violence, of free-floating resentment and anxiety unleashed by chronic cultural dislocations which must be, for the most part, ferociously sublimated. This energy has mainly been sublimated into crude materialism and acquisitiveness.",
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          "manner",
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        [
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        "(by extension)",
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        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
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        "psychoanalysis",
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      ]
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        "(transitive)",
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        "transitive"
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        {
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to purify or refine (a substance)",
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        {
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          "word": "очища́ть"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 8 1 1 60 1 1 7 7 1 1",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "očístitʹ",
          "sense": "to purify or refine (a substance)",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "очи́стить"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 8 1 1 60 1 1 7 7 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "to purify or refine (a substance)",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 8 1 1 60 1 1 7 7 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to purify or refine (a substance)",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "sublimirati"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 8 1 1 60 1 1 7 7 1 1",
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          "word": "sublimar"
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        "transitive"
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 0 1 0 0 70 11 2 2 1 11",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 0 1 0 0 70 11 2 2 1 11",
          "code": "fr",
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          "_dis1": "2 1 0 1 0 0 70 11 2 2 1 11",
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 0 1 0 0 70 11 2 2 1 11",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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          "_dis1": "2 1 0 1 0 0 70 11 2 2 1 11",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
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        "(figurative) Synonym of sublime (“to become higher in quality or status; to improve”)"
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      "ipa": "/ˈsʌblɪmət/",
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      "_dis1": "3 2 1 42 1 1 2 2 2 2 40 3",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner",
      "word": "sublimovat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 2 1 42 1 1 2 2 2 2 40 3",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner",
      "word": "sublimoida"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 2 1 42 1 1 2 2 2 2 40 3",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner",
      "word": "ylevöittää"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 2 1 42 1 1 2 2 2 2 40 3",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner",
      "word": "sublimer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 2 1 42 1 1 2 2 2 2 40 3",
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner",
      "word": "sublimieren"
    },
    {
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner",
      "word": "昇華させる"
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    {
      "_dis1": "3 2 1 42 1 1 2 2 2 2 40 3",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner",
      "word": "sublimar"
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      "_dis1": "3 2 1 42 1 1 2 2 2 2 40 3",
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      "sense": "to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner",
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      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "sublimirati"
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      "_dis1": "3 2 1 42 1 1 2 2 2 2 40 3",
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      "sense": "to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner",
      "word": "sublimar"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner",
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        "verb"
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    },
    {
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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Interlingua translations"
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        "To heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses in solid form on cooler parts of the container.",
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        [
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        "(chemistry) To heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses in solid form on cooler parts of the container.",
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          "word": "sublime"
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        "To heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses in solid form on cooler parts of the container.",
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        [
          "form",
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          "disappear"
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          "meaning#Noun"
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        "figuratively",
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          "acceptable"
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          "divert"
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        [
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        "psychology",
        "sciences"
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        "To obtain (something) through, or as if through, sublimation."
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        "(transitive)",
        "(by extension)",
        "(chiefly figurative, archaic) To obtain (something) through, or as if through, sublimation."
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        "broadly",
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        "transitive"
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    {
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        "English transitive verbs"
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        "Synonym of sublime",
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      ],
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        "(transitive)",
        "(by extension) Synonym of sublime",
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        "Of a substance: to change from a solid into a gas without passing through the liquid state, with or without being heated."
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        "(chemistry) Of a substance: to change from a solid into a gas without passing through the liquid state, with or without being heated."
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        "Of a substance: to change from a gas into a solid without passing through the liquid state."
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        "To modify the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of such an instinct into some acceptable activity."
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          "psychoanalysis"
        ]
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        "(intransitive)",
        "(figurative, psychoanalysis) To modify the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of such an instinct into some acceptable activity."
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        "intransitive"
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        "medicine",
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        "psychology",
        "sciences"
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        "Synonym of sublime (“to become higher in quality or status; to improve”)"
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        "(intransitive)",
        "(figurative) Synonym of sublime (“to become higher in quality or status; to improve”)"
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      "ipa": "/ˈsʌblɪmeɪt/",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sublimiram",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "word": "сублимирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "word": "sublimar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "word": "升華"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shēnghuá",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "word": "升华"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "word": "sublimovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "word": "sublimere"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "word": "sublimoitua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sublimoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "word": "sublimer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "word": "sublimieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "word": "szublimál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "word": "elillan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōka saseru",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "word": "昇華させる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seunghwahada",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "word": "승화하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vozvišuva",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "word": "возвишува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sublimíra",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "word": "сублими́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "word": "whakahaurehu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "word": "whāhaurehu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "boxār kardan",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "بخار کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "word": "sublimar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sublimírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сублими́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozgonjátʹ",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "возгоня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozgnátʹ",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "возгна́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "сублимирати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "у̀звӣшен"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "sublimirati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ùzvīšen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "word": "veličasten"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "word": "sublimar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "word": "sublimera"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "word": "lakdasingawin"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rá-hə̀ət",
      "sense": "to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently",
      "word": "ระเหิด"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner",
      "word": "sublimovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner",
      "word": "sublimoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner",
      "word": "ylevöittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner",
      "word": "sublimer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner",
      "word": "sublimieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōka saseru",
      "sense": "to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner",
      "word": "昇華させる"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner",
      "word": "sublimar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "сублимирати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "sublimirati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner",
      "word": "sublimar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner",
      "word": "sublimera"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prečistvam",
      "sense": "to purify or refine (a substance)",
      "word": "пречиствам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to purify or refine (a substance)",
      "word": "sublimoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to purify or refine (a substance)",
      "word": "haihduttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to purify or refine (a substance)",
      "word": "sublimer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to purify or refine (a substance)",
      "word": "sublimar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "očiščátʹ",
      "sense": "to purify or refine (a substance)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "очища́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "očístitʹ",
      "sense": "to purify or refine (a substance)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "очи́стить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to purify or refine (a substance)",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "сублимирати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to purify or refine (a substance)",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "sublimirati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to purify or refine (a substance)",
      "word": "sublimar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to raise (someone) to a high office or status",
      "word": "sublimar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to raise (someone) to a high office or status",
      "word": "ylevöittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to raise (someone) to a high office or status",
      "word": "honorer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to raise (someone) to a high office or status",
      "word": "sublimar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozvyšátʹ",
      "sense": "to raise (someone) to a high office or status",
      "word": "возвыша́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozvýsitʹ",
      "sense": "to raise (someone) to a high office or status",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "возвы́сить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to raise (someone) to a high office or status",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "сублимирати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to raise (someone) to a high office or status",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "sublimirati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to raise (someone) to a high office or status",
      "word": "sublimar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sublimate"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Interlingua translations"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "sublymate"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "sublīmātus"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "sublimo",
        "3": "sublīmāre",
        "t": "to raise, elevate"
      },
      "expansion": "sublīmāre (“to raise, elevate”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English sublymate, from Latin sublīmātus, past participle of sublīmāre (“to raise, elevate”).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "sublimates",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "freeze-dry"
    }
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      "categories": [
        "en:Chemistry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A product obtained by sublimation."
      ],
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          "chemistry",
          "chemistry"
        ],
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          "product",
          "product"
        ],
        [
          "sublimation",
          "sublimation"
        ]
      ],
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        "(chemistry) A product obtained by sublimation."
      ],
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        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsʌblɪmeɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsʌblɪmeɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsʌblɪmət/",
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-sublimate.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/58/En-us-sublimate.ogg/En-us-sublimate.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/En-us-sublimate.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-sublimate.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/En-au-sublimate.ogg/En-au-sublimate.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/En-au-sublimate.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sublimate"
}

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