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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
sublimate .
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Examples
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When iodine is heated, it sublimates, that is, it goes from a solid to a vapor without going through the liquid phase.
Iodine 2007
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Rahm will yell at the snow until the show sublimates back to whence it came.
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And as George Will pointed out yesterday, the very essence of progressivism sublimates the democratic process to the rule of experts in Washington.
Think Progress » Texas Board of Education cuts Thomas Jefferson out of its textbooks. 2010
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The man channels or sublimates the alleged raging daily libido into hard work for his family support.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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She sublimates her desire into food magic — every marvelous dish she prepares contains some of her emotions, and they have powerful effects on the people around her.
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The man channels or sublimates the alleged raging daily libido into hard work for his family support.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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The man channels or sublimates the alleged raging daily libido into hard work for his family support.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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The video sublimates the star, re-cycles him as image, more effectively than any painted icon of a saint.
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It was a sublimates condition of existence, the topmost peak of living, and it came rarely.
Chapter 23 2010
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No sport sublimates the ethnic themes as gracefully and playfully as boxing.
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