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.