Past tense of sublimate
regular verb
The past tense of sublimate is sublimated. The past participle is also sublimated.
Forms of sublimate
| Base form (V1) | sublimate /ˈsʌblɪmeɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | sublimated |
| Past participle (V3) | sublimated |
| Present participle | sublimating |
| Third person singular | sublimates |
Sublimated in a sentence
- This energy has mainly been sublimated into crude materialism and acquisitiveness.1969, Susan Sontag, “What’s Happening in America”, in Styles of Radical Will, Kindle edition, Penguin Modern Classics, published 2009...
- When he got home from the parade, however, Professor Solanka was seized by melancholy, his usual secret sadness, which he sublimated into the public sphere.2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 7
- NoFappers continuously encourage each other and demand that their activities are sublimated into more productive activities, so that the energy can be retained.2022, Jacob Johanssen, Fantasy, Online Misogyny and the Manosphere: Male Bodies of Dis/Inhibition (Psychoanalysis and Popular Culture)…. From the entry NoFapper
Meaning of sublimate
- verb To change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently.
- verb To change (a substance) from a gas into a solid through sublimation.
- verb To refine (something) until it disappears or loses all meaning.
Questions about the past tense of sublimate
- What is the past tense of sublimate?
- The past tense of sublimate is sublimated.
- What is the past participle of sublimate?
- The past participle of sublimate is sublimated.
- Is sublimate a regular or irregular verb?
- Sublimate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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