'Sublimated' definitions:
Definition of 'sublimated'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Passing or having passed from the solid to the gaseous state (or vice versa) without becoming liquid [syn: sublimed, sublimated]
Definition of 'Sublimated'
From: GCIDE
- Sublimated \Sub"li*ma`ted\, a. Refined by, or as by, sublimation; exalted; purified. [1913 Webster]
- [Words] whose weight best suits a sublimated strain. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sublimated'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate. [1913 Webster]
- The precepts of Christianity are . . . so apt to cleanse and sublimate the more gross and corrupt. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Psychology) To redirect the energy (of sexual or other biological drives) into a more socially acceptable or constructive form. [PJC]