Crossword-Solution: SUBLIMATE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Sublimate | v. t. | To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor. |
| Sublimate | v. t. | To refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate. |
| Sublimate | n. | A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified product so obtained. |
| Sublimate | a. | Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SUBLIMATE | anagram | MAILTUBES |
We have 6 clues for the answer “SUBLIMATE”
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| Purify (a substance) by laboratory process. | 1 answer |
| the product of vaporization of a solid | 1 answer |
| Purify, in a way | 3 answers |
| Vaporise | 9 answers |
| Elevate | 50 answers |
| Raise | 87 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
AARE
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with SUBLIMATE (5)
Who knows what’s fit for us? Had fate Proposed bliss here should sublimate My being--had I signed the bond-- Still one must lead some life beyond, Have a bliss to die with, dim-descried.
Intense exercise of his creative power sets, in a way, the writer apart from the life he is trying to sublimate.
You were more comfortable, I trow, when you were the poor Bishop of Mallorca; could enjoy your puchera then without fear that the salt would turn out sublimate.
Loud winds blow, speeding home deep-laden ships and sweeping rubbish from the earth; the lightning leaps and cleans the face of heaven; high purposes and brave passions shake and sublimate men’s spirits; and meanwhile, in the narrow dungeon of his soul, Villon is mumbling crusts and picking vermin.
Both bodies were examined by doctors, and they declared themselves satisfied that mother and son had died "from a bitter and corrosive poison administered in some kind of drink." What the poison was they did not venture to state, but one of their number, in the light of subsequent investigation, arrived at the conclusion that Derues had used in both cases corrosive sublimate.
Quotes with SUBLIMATE (3)
It’s so easy to lose faith and become lost in all of the politics of the world. That’s why we need the arts. To sublimate our frustration and anger into something beautiful. Freud called sublimation a virtuous defence mechanism because it is in the arts that we can find our humanity.
If you can't sublimate your fear of mortality into sex with your best friend, what's it there for?
On the other hand it is possible that human control over the machines may be retained. In that case the average man may have control over certain private machines of his own, such as his car of his personal computer, but control over large systems of machines will be in the hands of a tiny elite -- just as it is today, but with two difference. Due to improved techniques the elite will have greater control over the masses; and because human work will no longer be necessary the…
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1968–1991).