Sublimated

sub·li·mate  (sbl-mt)

v. sub·li·mat·ed, sub·li·mat·ing, sub·li·mates

v.tr.

1. Chemistry To cause (a solid or gas) to change state without becoming a liquid.

2.

a. To modify the natural expression of (a primitive, instinctual impulse) in a socially acceptable manner.

b. To divert the energy associated with (an unacceptable impulse or drive) into a personally and socially acceptable activity.

v.intr. Chemistry

To transform directly from the solid to the gaseous state or from the gaseous to the solid state without becoming a liquid.

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[Latin sublmre, sublmt-, to elevate, from sublmis, uplifted.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

sublimated - passing or having passed from the solid to the gaseous state (or vice versa) without becoming liquid sublimed