Word Meaning

sublimate definition and meaning

v. t. To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor.
v. t. To refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate.
n. A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified product so obtained.
a. Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid.