Sublimate

v. t. [imp. & p. p. SUBLIMATED; p. pr. & vb. n. SUBLIMATING.] [Lat. sublimare, sublimatum, to raise, elevate, from sublimis, high; It. sublimare, Sp., Pg., & Pr. sublimar, Fr. sublimer, to elevate. See SUBLIME.]

1Sense 1. To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state.

2Sense 2. To refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate.

And as his actions rose, so raise they still their vein. In words whose weight best suits a sublimated strain. Dryden.

n. [L. Lat. sublimatum, It. sublimato, Sp. sublimado, Fr. sublimé.] (Chem.) The product of a sublimation.

Blue sublimate, a preparation of mercury with flowers of sulphur and sal ammoniacum, used in painting.—Corrosive sublimate, the protochloride of mercury, a valuable medicine, which, in excessive doses, produces poisonous effects.