sublimate
verb
[ ˈsʌblɪmeɪt ]
• (in psychoanalytic theory) divert or modify (an instinctual impulse) into a culturally higher or socially more acceptable activity.
• "libido must be sublimated into productive work activities"
• another term for sublime.
sublimate
noun
• a solid deposit of a substance which has sublimed.
• "condensation of a sublimate"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘raise to a higher status’): from Latin sublimat- ‘raised up’, from the verb sublimare .
