What is the meaning of sublimate?

noun

• The product of vaporization of a solid.

verb

• Direct energy or urges into useful activities.
• Make more subtle or refined.
  • synonyms: rarefy, subtilize
• Remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation.
  • usage: "purify the water"
  • synonyms: purify, make pure, distill
• Change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting.
  • usage: "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated"
  • synonyms: sublime
• Vaporize and then condense right back again.
  • synonyms: sublime

adjective

• Made pure. .