What part of speech is sublimate?

Sublimate can be categorized as a noun, a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. sublimate is a verb, present, 1st person singular of sublimate (infinitive).
  • 2. sublimate is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. sublimate is a noun, singular of sublimates.
  • 4. sublimate is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more sublimate
    most sublimate
  • Positive: sublimate 
  • Comparative: more sublimate
  • Superlative: most sublimate

What does sublimate mean?

Definitions

Adjective

sublimate - made pure

Verb

sublimate - direct energy or urges into useful activities
sublimate - remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"
sublimate - vaporize and then condense right back again
sublimate - change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated"
sublimate - make more subtle or refined

Noun

sublimate - the product of vaporization of a solid

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