SUBLIMATE Synonyms

• remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation

• make pure or free from sin or guilt

• become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin

• consider as a god or godlike

• exalt to the position of a God

• heighten or intensify

• make lively

• confer dignity or honor upon

• give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

• praise, glorify, or honor

• fill with sublime emotion

• heighten or intensify

• raise in rank, character, or status

• consider or render as ideal

• form ideals

• improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

• make more complex, intricate, or richer

• treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition

• reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities

• attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or intensity by polishing or purifying

• make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of

• give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense

• elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration

• purify from the corrupting influences of the world

• change in outward structure or looks

• change or alter in form, appearance, or nature

• alter the nature of (elements)

• inspiring awe

• worthy of adoration or reverence

• lifted up or set high

• of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style

• greatest or maximal in degree; extreme

• vaporize and then condense right back again

• change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting

• become more extreme

• make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity

• increase the level of

• increase the height of

• make (one's senses) more acute

• make more intense, stronger, or more marked

• remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation

• undergo the process of distillation

• extract by the process of distillation

• undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops

• give off (a liquid)

• lessen the density or solidity of

• make more subtle or refined

• weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)

• mark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words

• make more subtle or refined

• make (senses) more keen

• remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation