sublimating

Verb

• direct energy or urges into useful activities
• make more subtle or refined
• remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
• change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting
• vaporize and then condense right back again
• present participle and gerund of sublimate

Synonyms

distill, make pure, purify, rarefy, sublimate, sublime, subtilize