sublimate
verb (used with object)
to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
had sublimated
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past perfectof sublimate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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It seemed as if the holy spirit of self-sacrifice that possessed this child, had sublimated both her language and her countenance.
From The Old Homestead by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
The fiery sun had sublimated black clouds, the northeast quarter looked ugly, and I wished to be housed before the storm burst.
From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
