English-Thai Dictionary

sublimate

VI บริสุทธิ์  bo-ri-sud

 

sublimate

VT ทำให้ บริสุทธิ์  tam-hai-bo-ri-sud

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUBLIMATE

v.t.[from sublime. ] 1. To bring a solid substance, as camphor or sulphur, into the state of vapor by heat, which on cooling, returns again to the solid state. [See Sublimation. ]
2. To refine and exalt; to highthen; to elevate.
And as his actions rose, so raise they still their vein, in words whose weight best suits a sublimated strain.

 

SUBLIMATE

n.The product of a sublimation. Corrosive sublimate is the muriate of mercury when it has undergone sublimation. It is one of the most virulent of the mineral poisons. Blue sublimate, is a preparation of mercury with flower of brimstone and sal ammoniac; used in painting.

 

SUBLIMATE

a.Brought into a state of vapor by heat and again condensed, as solid substances.

 

SUBLIMATED

pp. Brought into a state of vapor by heat, as a solid substance; refined.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SUBLIMATE

Sub "li *mate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sublimated; p. pr. & vb. n.Sublimating. ] Etym: [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.

 

SUBLIMATE

Sub "li *mate, n. Etym: [LL. sublimatum.] (Chem. )

 

Defn: A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified product so obtained. Corrosive sublimate. (Chem. ) See under Corrosive.

 

SUBLIMATE

Sub "li *mate, a. Etym: [LL. sublimatus.]

 

Defn: Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid.

 

SUBLIMATED

SUBLIMATED Sub "li *ma `ted, a.

 

Defn: Refined by, or as by, sublimation; exalted; purified. [Words ] whose weight best suits a sublimated strain. Dryden.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sublimate

sub li mate ▶verb |ˈsəbləˌmāt ˈsəbləˌmeɪt | 1 [ with obj. ] (esp. in psychoanalytic theory ) divert or modify (an instinctual impulse ) into a culturally higher or socially more acceptable activity: people who will sublimate sexuality into activities which help to build up and preserve civilization | he sublimates his hurt and anger into humor. 2 [ no obj. ] Chemistry another term for sublime. ▶noun |-ˌmit, -ˌmāt ˈsʌblɪmət |Chemistry a solid deposit of a substance that has sublimed. DERIVATIVES sub li ma tion |ˌsəbləˈmāSHən |noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘raise to a higher status ’): from Latin sublimat- ‘raised up, ’ from the verb sublimare.

 

Oxford Dictionary

sublimate

sublimate |ˈsʌblɪmeɪt | ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] (in psychoanalytic theory ) divert or modify (an instinctual impulse ) into a culturally higher or socially more acceptable activity: people who sublimate sexuality into activities which help to build up and preserve civilization. • transform (something ) into a purer or idealized form: attractive rhythms are sublimated into a much larger context. 2 Chemistry another term for sublime. ▶noun |also ˈsʌblɪmət |Chemistry a solid deposit of a substance which has sublimed. DERIVATIVES sublimation |-ˈmeɪʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘raise to a higher status ’): from Latin sublimat- ‘raised up ’, from the verb sublimare.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sublimate

sublimate verb work can serve as a means of sublimating rage: channel, control, divert, transfer, redirect, convert.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sublimate

sublimate verb work can serve as a means of sublimating rage: channel, control, divert, transfer, redirect, convert, refine, purify, transmute.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sublimate

sub li mate /sʌ́blɪmèɪt /動詞 他動詞 1 〘心 〙〈性衝動など 〉を «…に » 昇華させる «into » .2 …を純化 [理想化 ]する .3 〘化 〙〈固体 〉を昇華させる, 〈物質 〉を純化する .自動詞 昇華 [純化 ]する .名詞 /sʌ́blɪmət /C 〘化 〙昇華物 .