sublimate

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-- Armstrong mentions recovery after ingestion of 1 1/2 drams of corrosive sublimate, and Lodge speaks of recovery after a dose containing 100 grains of the salt.

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  1. transitive verb Chemistry To cause (a solid or gas) to change state without becoming a liquid.
  2. transitive verb To modify the natural expression of (a primitive, instinctual impulse) in a socially acceptable manner.
  3. transitive verb To divert the energy associated with (an unacceptable impulse or drive) into a personally and socially acceptable activity.

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  1. Latin sublīmāre, sublīmāt-, to elevate, from sublīmis, uplifted.

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  1. from Latin sublimatus, past participle of sublimare, lift up on high, raise: see sublime, v.
  2. from Latin sublimatus, past participle of sublimare, lift on high: see sublimate, n.
 

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/ˈsəblɪmeɪt æs æddʒ./
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