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Words from chem lab

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precipitate
titrate
crucible
volatile
sublimate


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Words made with combining forms

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PRONUNCIATION:

(verb: SUHB-luh-mayt, noun, adj.: -mit)

MEANING:

verb tr.:	1. To divert basic or instinctual impulses to something more socially acceptable.
	2. To refine or purify.
verb tr., intr.:	To directly transform from solid to gas, or vice versa, bypassing the liquid state.
adjective:	Refined; purified; elevated; exalted.
noun:	A substance obtained by sublimating.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin sublimare (to elevate). Earliest documented use: 1425.

USAGE:

“But he mustn’t show it; he must subdue his eagerness and sublimate his need.”
Edwin L. Millet; Another Kind of Hero; Xlibris; 2014.

See more usage examples of sublimate in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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