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Synonyms for sublimate

Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb suhb-luh-meyt; noun, adjective suhb-luh-mit, -meyt
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈsʌb ləˌmeɪt; noun, adjective ˈsʌb lə mɪt, -ˌmeɪt

Définition of sublimate

Origin :
  • 1560s, from Latin sublimatus, past participle of sublimare (see sublimation). Related: Sublimated; sublimating.
  • verb purify
  • verb divert
Example sentences :
  • Now that they're out of their force field, they'll start to sublimate.
  • Extract from : « Millennium » by Everett B. Cole
  • It readily furnishes a sublimate at 100°, partially decomposing.
  • Extract from : « Poisons: Their Effects and Detection » by Alexander Wynter Blyth
  • Boil them in a glass bottel till the sublimate be dissolved.
  • Extract from : « A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) » by Charles Creighton
  • We must sublimate it, grind it down, hammer it out into a useful pattern.
  • Extract from : « Exploiter's End » by James Causey
  • In this there will always be a little of the sublimate left on the bottom of the jar.
  • Extract from : « Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting » by William T. Hornaday
  • This sublimate is yellow while hot, but changes to white when cold.
  • Extract from : « A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe » by Anonymous
  • Tellurium, or its acid and oxide, may be got as a sublimate in the tube.
  • Extract from : « A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe » by Anonymous
  • Anton Pavlovitch instantly washed his wound with warm water and sublimate, sprinkled iodoform and put on a bandage.
  • Extract from : « Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov » by Maxim Gorky
  • Heated in an ignition tube fuses and gives a sublimate of antimonious oxide.
  • Extract from : « The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis » by Frederick Hutton Getman
  • Heated in an ignition tube gives a sublimate of sulphur, the residue becoming magnetic.
  • Extract from : « The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis » by Frederick Hutton Getman

Antonyms for sublimate

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