Definizione monolingua

sublimate

sublimate (third-person singular simple present sublimates, present participle sublimating, simple past and past participle sublimated)

1. (physics) To change state from a solid to a gas (or from a gas to a solid) without passing through the liquid state (transitive or intransitive)
2. To purify or refine a substance through such a change of state.
3. (transitive, psychoanalysis) To modify the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of such an instinct into some acceptable activity.
4. (archaic) To raise to a place of honor.

Definizione dizionario sublimate

	sublimare
	To change state from a solid to a gas (or from a gas to a solid) without passing through the liquid state.

Altri significati:

To purify or refine a substance through such a change of state.

(archaic) To raise to a place of honor.

psychoanalysis

(transitive, psychoanalysis) To modify the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of such an instinct into some acceptable activity.

(physics) To change state from a solid to a gas (or from a gas to a solid) without passing through the liquid state ( '''transitive''' or '''intransitive''' )

to raise to a place of honor

to change from solid to gas

To modify the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct in a socially acceptable manner.

purify or refine