Corrosive sublimate. (Chem.) See under Corrosive.

Sublimate
(Sub"li*mate), a. [LL. sublimatus.] Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid.

Sublimated
(Sub"li*ma`ted) a. Refined by, or as by, sublimation; exalted; purified.

[Words] whose weight best suits a sublimated strain.
Dryden.

Sublimation
(Sub"li*ma`tion) n. [LL. sublimatio: cf. F. sublimation.]

1. (Chem.) The act or process of subliming, or the state or result of being sublimed.

Sublation
(Sub*la"tion) n. [L. sublatio, fr. sublatus, used as p. p. of tollere to take away.] The act of taking or carrying away; removal. [R.] Bp. Hall.

Sublative
(Sub"la*tive) a. Having power, or tending, to take away. [R.] Harris.

Sublease
(Sub"lease`) n. (Law) A lease by a tenant or lessee to another person; an underlease. Bouvier.

Sublessee
(Sub`les*see") n. A holder of a sublease.

Sublet
(Sub*let") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sublet; p. pr. & vb. n. Subletting.] To underlet; to lease, as when a lessee leases to another person.

Sublevation
(Sub`le*va"tion) n. [L. sublevare to lift up; sub under + levare to lift, raise: cf. L. sublevatio an allevation.]

1. The act of raising on high; elevation. Sir T. More.

2. An uprising; an insurrection. [R.] Sir W. Temple.

Sublibrarian
(Sub`li*bra"ri*an) n. An under or assistant librarian.

Sublieutenant
(Sub`lieu*ten"ant) n. [Pref. sub + lieutenant: cf. F. sous-lieutenant.] An inferior or second lieutenant; in the British service, a commissioned officer of the lowest rank.

Subligation
(Sub`li*ga"tion) n. [L. subligatio, from subligare to bind below; sub under + ligare to bind.] The act of binding underneath. [R.]

Sublimable
(Sub*lim"a*ble) a. [Cf. F. sublimable. See Sublime., v. t.] Capable of being sublimed or sublimated.Sub*lim"a*ble*ness, n. Boyle.

Sublimate
(Sub"li*mate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sublimated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sublimating.] [L. sublimatus, p. p. of sublimare to raise, elevate, fr. sublimis high: cf. F. sublimer. See Sublime, a., and cf. Surlime, v. t.]

1. To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor.

2. To refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate.

The precepts of Christianity are . . . so apt to cleanse and sublimate the more gross and corrupt.
Dr. H. More.

Sublimate
(Sub"li*mate) n. [LL. sublimatum.] (Chem.) A product obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified product so obtained.


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