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sublimating
verb
(sub-li-mate)
sublime
sublimating
verb
(sub-li-mate)
to improve or refine as if by subliming
sublimating
verb
(sub-li-mate)
to divert the expression of (an instinctual desire or impulse) from its unacceptable form to one that is considered more socially or culturally acceptable
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