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Meaning of sublimate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  sublimate
      adj 1: made pure
      n 1: the product of vaporization of a solid
      v 1: direct energy or urges into useful activities
      2: make more subtle or refined [syn: {rarefy}, {sublimate},
         {subtilize}]
      3: remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and
         separate through the process of distillation; "purify the
         water" [syn: {purify}, {sublimate}, {make pure}, {distill}]
      4: change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor
         without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime
         when heated" [syn: {sublime}, {sublimate}]
      5: vaporize and then condense right back again [syn: {sublime},
         {sublimate}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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