[sub.li.mate] vt -mat.ed ; -mat.ing [ME, fr. ML sublimatus, pp. of sublimare] (15c) 1 a: sublime 1 b archaic: to improve or refine as if by subliming
2: to divert the expression of (an instinctual desire or impulse) from its primitive form to one that is considered more socially or culturally acceptable -- sub.li.ma.tion n
[2]sub.li.mate n (ca. 1626): a chemical product obtained by sublimation