To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor.
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To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle.
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To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle.
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Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure…
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Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure…
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To infuse air into; to combine air with.
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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
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To make better; to improve; to meliorate.
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To change or modify in any way for the better
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Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.
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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…
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An aeriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as…
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To convert into gas, or an aeriform fluid, as by the application of heat, or by chemical processes.
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To disprove or make void; to refute.
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To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable.
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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…
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Applied to the examination of a witness, by the party calling him, after the cross-examination.
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To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether naturally or artificially.
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To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous.
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To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will,…
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To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to…
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To sublime again.
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See Distill.
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The product of distillation; as, the distillate from molasses.
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The product of distillation; as, the distillate from molasses.
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The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.
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The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.
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Distillation; the substance obtained by distillation.
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Distillation; the substance obtained by distillation.
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The act or process of subliming, or the state or result of being sublimed.
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The act or process of subliming, or the state or result of being sublimed.
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Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.
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Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.
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To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize.
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To pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be dissipated, either in visible vapor, or in practice too minute to be visible.
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To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether naturally or artificially.
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See Distill.
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To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle.
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To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metal…
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To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to; -- opposed to condense.
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Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.
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To make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse.
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