Verb

(evaporat)

to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state

to expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion

to evaporate apples

to give vent to; to dissipate

* Sir H. Wotton

My lord of Essex evaporated his thoughts in a sonnet.

(figuratively) to disappear; to escape or pass off without effect

* Francis Bacon

To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents to evaporate is a safe way.

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Verb

(sublimat)

(ambitransitive, physics) To change state from a solid to a gas (or from a gas to a solid) without passing through the liquid state.

To purify or refine a substance through such a change of state.

(psychoanalysis) To modify the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of such an instinct into some acceptable activity.

(archaic) To raise to a place of honor; to refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate.

* Dr. H. More

The precepts of Christianity are so apt to cleanse and sublimate the more gross and corrupt.