Word Meaning

Meaning of sublimate

- To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor.
- To refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate.
- A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified product so obtained.
- Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid.