Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
SUBLIMATE
sublimate
(adjective) made pure
sublimate
(noun) the product of vaporization of a solid
sublime, sublimate
(verb) vaporize and then condense right back again
sublime, sublimate
(verb) change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; “sublime iodine”; “some salts sublime when heated”
purify, sublimate, make pure, distill
(verb) remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; “purify the water”
rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
(verb) make more subtle or refined
sublimate
(verb) direct energy or urges into useful activities
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
sublimate (third-person singular simple present sublimates, present participle sublimating, simple past and past participle sublimated)
(ambitransitive, physics) To change state from a solid to a gas without passing through the liquid state. [from 16th c.]
Synonym: sublime
(transitive, archaic) To purify or refine a substance through such a change of state.
(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.
(archaic) To raise to a place of honor; to refine and exalt.
Synonyms: heighten, elevate
Noun
sublimate (plural sublimates)
(chemistry) A product obtained by sublimation.
Anagrams
• umbalites
Source: Wiktionary
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.
Sub"li*mate, n. Etym: [LL. sublimatum.] (Chem.)
Definition: A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified product so obtained. Corrosive sublimate. (Chem.) See under Corrosive.
Sub"li*mate, a. Etym: [LL. sublimatus.]
Definition: Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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