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verb (sublimat, ed)
  1. (physics) To change state from a solid to a gas (or from a gas to a solid) without passing through the liquid state (transitive or intransitive)
  2. To purify or refine a substance through such a change of state.
  3. (transitive), (psychoanalysis) To modify the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of such an instinct into some acceptable activity.
  4. (archaic) To raise to a place of honor.
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