sublimate
21sublimate — sub|li|mate [ˈsʌblımeıt] v [I and T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of sublimare to raise , from sublimis; SUBLIME1] technical to use the energy that comes from sexual feelings to do something, such as work or art, that is… …
22sublimate — sub|li|mate [ sʌblı,meıt ] verb transitive FORMAL to change the way you react to a feeling, especially a sexual feeling, so that you express it in a way that society accepts ╾ sub|li|ma|tion [ ,sʌblı meıʃn ] noun uncount …
23sublimate — sub·li·mate || sÊŒblɪmeɪt n. product created by means of chemical sublimation v. transform a solid directly into a gas or a gas directly into a solid (Chemistry); redirect instinctual energy into socially constructive channels… …
24sublimate — [ sʌblɪmeɪt] verb 1》 (in psychoanalytic theory) divert or modify (an instinctual impulse) into a culturally higher or socially more acceptable activity. 2》 transform into a purer or idealized form. 3》 Chemistry another term for sublime. noun also …
25sublimate — v. a. 1. (Chem.) See sublime. 2. Refine, exalt, elevate, heighten …
26sublimate — 1 verb (I, T) technical to use the energy that comes from sexual feelings to do something, such as work or art, that is more acceptable to your society …
27sublimate — v 1. channel, redirect, turn, shift, transfer, divert; change, alter, convert, transform, transmute. 2. elevate, ennoble, greaten; exalt, heighten, lift, uplift; raise, boost, aggrandize, magnify. 3. clean, cleanse, purify, refine; expurgate,… …
28sublimate — sub·li·mate …
29sublimate — sub•li•mate v. [[t]ˈsʌb ləˌmeɪt[/t]] n., adj. [[t] mɪt, ˌmeɪt[/t]] v. mat•ed, mat•ing, n. adj. 1) psi to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic… …
30sublimate — v.t. vaporise substance and allow to solidify; Psychology, direct instinctive energy to higher plane; a. refined; n. product of sublimating. ♦ sublimation, n. ♦ sublimatory, a …
