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Sublimate
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified product so obtained. Corrosive sublimate. (Chem.) See under Corrosive.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid.