"sublimating" in the verb sense
1. sublimate
direct energy or urges into useful activities
2. rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
make more subtle or refined
3. purify, sublimate, make pure, distill
remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
"purify the water"
4. sublime, sublimate
change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting
"sublime iodine"
"some salts sublime when heated"
5. sublime, sublimate
vaporize and then condense right back again
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