sublimated Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb direct energy or urges into useful activities
    sublimate.
  2. verb make more subtle or refined
    subtilize; rarefy; sublimate.
  3. verb remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
    make pure; purify; sublimate; distill.
    • purify the water
  4. verb change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting
    sublimate; sublime.
    • sublime iodine
    • some salts sublime when heated
  5. verb vaporize and then condense right back again
    sublimate; sublime.
  6. adjective passing or having passed from the solid to the gaseous state (or vice versa) without becoming liquid
    sublimed.

WordNet


Sub"li*ma`ted adjective
Definitions
  1. Refined by, or as by, sublimation; exalted; purified.
    [Words] whose weight best suits a sublimated strain. Dryden.

Webster 1913