1. To perform or accomplish sublimation. 2. Any substance that has been submitted to sublimation. [L. sublimo, pp. -atus, to raise on high, fr. sublimis, high]
- corrosive s. SYN: mercuric chloride.
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sub·li·mate 'səb-lə-.māt, -mət n
1) MERCURIC CHLORIDE
2) a chemical product obtained by sublimation
sub·li·mate 'səb-lə-.māt vt, -mat·ed; -mat·ing
1) SUBLIME
2) to divert the expression of (an instinctual desire or impulse) from its unacceptable form to one that is considered more socially or culturally acceptable
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sub·li·mate (subґlĭ-māt) [L. sublimare to elevate] 1. a substance obtained or prepared by sublimation. 2. to divert consciously unacceptable instinctual drives into personally and socially acceptable channels through a mechanism operating outside of and beyond conscious awareness.Medical dictionary. 2011.