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1. Passing or having passed from the solid to the gaseous state (or vice versa) without becoming liquid
   - sublimed

1. Direct energy or urges into useful activities
    
2. Make more subtle or refined
   - rarefy, subtilize, rarify [rare], subtilise [Brit]
    
3. (chemistry) remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
   - purify, make pure, distill [N. Amer], distil [Brit]
    
4. Change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapour without first melting
   "sublimate iodine";
   - sublime
    
5. Vaporize and then condense right back again
   - sublime

Type of: aerify, airt, alter, ameliorate, amend, better, change, gasify, improve, meliorate, mend, modify, redirect, vaporise [Brit], vaporize

Encyclopedia: Sublimated