Defn: Capable of being sublimed or sublimated.
— Sub*lim"a*ble*ness, n. Boyle.
SUBLIMATE
Sub"li*mate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sublimated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sublimating.] Etym: [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.
2. To refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate. The precepts of Christianity are . . . so apt to cleanse and sublimate the more gross and corrupt. Dr. H. More.
SUBLIMATE
Sub"li*mate, n. Etym: [LL. sublimatum.] (Chem.)
Defn: A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified product so obtained. Corrosive sublimate. (Chem.) See under Corrosive.
SUBLIMATE
Sub"li*mate, a. Etym: [LL. sublimatus.]
Defn: Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid.
SUBLIMATED
Sub"li*ma`ted, a.
Defn: Refined by, or as by, sublimation; exalted; purified.
[Words] whose weight best suits a sublimated strain. Dryden.