sublimated

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
sublimated
    adj 1: passing or having passed from the solid to the gaseous
           state (or vice versa) without becoming liquid [syn:
           {sublimed}, {sublimated}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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