sublimate
📖 Definitions
verb tr.
1. To divert basic or instinctual impulses to something more socially acceptable.
2. To refine or purify.
verb tr., intr.
To directly transform from solid to gas, or vice versa, bypassing the liquid state.
adjective
Refined; purified; elevated; exalted.
noun
A substance obtained by sublimating.
💬 Usage Examples
“But he mustn’t show it; he must subdue his eagerness and sublimate his need.” Edwin L. Millet; Another Kind of Hero; Xlibris; 2014.