Meaning Of The Word Sublimate

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sublimate
verb: If you sublimate a strong desire or feeling, you express it in a way that is socially acceptable.

sublimate in American English
a substance that is the product of sublimating
sublimated
to cause to change directly from a solid to a gas, or from a gas to a solid, without becoming a liquid
to undergo sublimating
adjective: purified or exalted; sublimated
intransitive verb: to become sublimated; undergo sublimation
noun: the crystals, deposit, or material obtained when a substance is sublimated
transitive verb: 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

sublimate in British English
adjective: exalted or purified
noun: the material obtained when a substance is sublimed
verb: to direct the energy of (a primitive impulse, esp a sexual one) into activities that are considered to be socially more acceptable

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