SUBLIMATE

PRONUNCIATION: (verb: SUHB-luh-mayt, noun, adj.: -mit)

MEANING: 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.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin sublimare (to elevate). Earliest documented use: 1425.
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STUBLIMATE - your Significant Other didn't shave

SULLI-MATE - W S Gilbert

SUBLIMEATE - steak dinner at the Capital Grille restaurant