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sublimize

sublimize verb: to sublimate.

Verb

sublimize (third-person singular simple present sublimizes, present participle sublimizing, simple past and past participle sublimized)

  1. (transitive) To sublimate.

Forms of sublimize

third-person singular presentsublimizes
present participlesublimizing
past participlesublimized
pastsublimized

Origin of sublimize

From sublime + -ize.

Questions about sublimize

What does sublimize mean?
Sublimize means to sublimate.
What part of speech is sublimize?
Sublimize is a verb.
What is the past tense of sublimize?
The past tense of sublimize is sublimized.

Words near sublimize in the dictionary

  1. sublimitation
  2. sublimitations
  3. sublimities
  4. sublimits
  5. sublimity
  6. sublimize
  7. sublimized
  8. sublimizes
  9. sublimizing
  10. sublimnic
  11. subline

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