Alchemy Alphabet: SUBLIME, SUBLIMATE, SUBLIMATION ââ¬â alchemical process (transition of substance from solid state, bypassing liquid phase, directly into gasiform), metaphor: ëAscent to heavenû. 2) term was also used to refer to: SOME DISTILLATIONS. 3) also stm.: EVAPORATION, VAPORIZATION, VOLATILIZATION (Evaporate, Vaporize).
