sublimate
- n the product of vaporization of a solid
- v direct energy or urges into useful activities
- v make more subtle or refined
- v remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
- v change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting
- v vaporize and then condense right back again
- s made pure
- His charms still rested strongly on the warmth of our feelings for the great paintings he was copying, but sometimes he could sublimate the old master references deeply enough .
- The World Cup is mildly entertaining because you get to see them sublimate their little issues by kicking a ball at one another, sort of like watching your children backyard-wrestle.
- Well, it starts with his strategic sensibility, and his almost peculiar ability to sublimate his ego to win a point something completely out of character and perhaps against .