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sublimated
(encz) | sublimated,sublimoval v: Zdeněk Brož |
Sublimated
(gcide) | Sublimated \Sub"li*ma`ted\, a.
Refined by, or as by, sublimation; exalted; purified.
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[Words] whose weight best suits a sublimated strain.
--Dryden.
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Sublimated
(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.
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2. To refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate.
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The precepts of Christianity are . . . so apt to
cleanse and sublimate the more gross and corrupt.
--Dr. H. More.
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3. (Psychology) To redirect the energy (of sexual or other
biological drives) into a more socially acceptable or
constructive form.
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sublimated
(wn) | sublimated
adj 1: passing or having passed from the solid to the gaseous
state (or vice versa) without becoming liquid [syn:
sublimed, sublimated] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
sublimated
(encz) | sublimated,sublimoval v: Zdeněk Brož |
sublimated
(wn) | sublimated
adj 1: passing or having passed from the solid to the gaseous
state (or vice versa) without becoming liquid [syn:
sublimed, sublimated] |
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