Category:Sublimate

Sub"li*mate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sublimated; p. pr. & vb. n. Sublimating.] Etym: [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.

Sublimate Sub"li*mate, n. Etym: [ll. sublimatum.] (chem.)

Defn: a product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified Product so obtained. Corrosive sublimate. (chem.) See under Corrosive.

Sublimate Sub"li*mate, a. Etym: [ll. sublimatus.]

Defn: brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a Solid.