<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.</li><li>to sublime (a solid substance); extract by this process.</li><li>to refine or purify (a substance).</li><li>to make nobler or purer: To read about great men sublimates ambition.</li><li>(used without object) to become sublimated; undergo sublimation.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Chemistry. the crystals, deposit, or material obtained when a substance is sublimated.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>purified or exalted; sublimated.</li></ul>