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SUBLIMATED
sublimed, sublimated
(adjective) passing or having passed from the solid to the gaseous state (or vice versa) without becoming liquid
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
sublimated
simple past tense and past participle of sublimate
Source: Wiktionary
Sub"li*ma`ted, a.
Definition: Refined by, or as by, sublimation; exalted; purified. [Words] whose weight best suits a sublimated strain. Dryden.
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.
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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HABIT
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