Sublimate

Verb

 * 1)  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)  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)  To raise to a place of honor.

Related terms

 * corrosive sublimate
 * sublimation
 * sublime

Thesaurus
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