sublimate

sublimate is a 9-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb, noun, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 17 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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. transitive verb. To refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate.
3. noun. A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified product so obtained.
4. adjective. Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid.
5. noun. the product of vaporization of a solid
6. verb. vaporize and then condense right back again

   Synonyms: sublime

7. verb. change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting

   "sublime iodine"

   "some salts sublime when heated"

   Synonyms: sublime

8. verb. remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation

   "purify the water"

   Synonyms: distill, purify

9. verb. make more subtle or refined

   Synonyms: rarefy, subtilize

10. verb. direct energy or urges into useful activities
11. adjective. made pure

Synonyms

sublime, distill, purify, rarefy, subtilize

Common word forms

sublimated, sublimates, sublimating

Words from these letters

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