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   sublimate

   /ˈsʌblɪmeɪt/

   verb

   • 1. (in psychoanalytic theory) divert or modify (an instinctual impulse) into a culturally higher or socially more acceptable activity: "libido must be sublimated into productive work activities"
   • ▪ transform (something) into a purer or idealized form: "attractive rhythms are sublimated into a much larger context"
   • 2. another term for sublime

   noun

   • 1. a solid deposit of a substance which has sublimed: "condensation of a sublimate"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘raise to a higher status’): from Latin sublimat- ‘raised up’, from the verb sublimare.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sublimation noun

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