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Adjective sublimate has 1 sense
  1. purified, refined, sublimate - made pure
    Antonym: impure (indirect, via pure)
,Noun sublimate has 1 sense
  1. sublimate - the product of vaporization of a solid
    --1 is a kind of     gas
    --1 has particulars:
     mercuric chloride, mercury chloride, bichloride of mercury, corrosive sublimate
    Derived forms: verb sublimate4, verb sublimate3, verb sublimate5, verb sublime1
,Verb sublimate has 5 senses
  1. sublimate - direct energy or urges into useful activities
    --1 is one way to     redirect, airt
    Derived form: noun sublimation2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. rarefy, sublimate, subtilize - make more subtle or refined
    --2 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. purify, sublimate, make pure, distill - remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"
    --3 is one way to better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
    Derived form: noun sublimate1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  4. sublime, sublimate - change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated"
    --4 is one way to gasify, vaporize, vaporise, aerify
    Derived forms: noun sublimate1, noun sublimation1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something ----s something
  5. sublime, sublimate - vaporize and then condense right back again
    --5 is one way to change
    Derived form: noun sublimate1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
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