sublimate: Meaning and Definition of

sub•li•mate

1. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
1. to sublime (a solid substance); extract by this process.
2. to refine or purify (a substance).
3. to make nobler or purer: To read about great men sublimates ambition.

1. to become sublimated; undergo sublimation.

1. the crystals, deposit, or material obtained when a substance is sublimated.

1. purified or exalted; sublimated.