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sublimated |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sublimated \Sub"li*ma`ted\, a. Refined by or as by sublimation; exalted; purified. [Words] whose weight best suits a sublimated strain. --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sublimate \Sub"li*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sublimated}; p. pr & vb n. {Sublimating}.] [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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sublimated adj : passing or having passed from the solid to the gaseous state (or vice versa) without becoming liquid [syn: {sublimed}]
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