Sublimate (verb)

1. To change a solid substance directly into a gas, bypassing the liquid stage.
2. To change a solid substance into a gas, without first becoming a liquid.

Origin:

From latin sublimare, from sublimis ("loftier, elevate.d")

Examples:

1. The dry ice sublimates at -78.5 °C.
2. Certain chemicals can sublimate when heated.
3. The process of sublimation is used in freeze-drying.
4. The solid substance sublimated when it was heated.
5. The sublimation process is used in making some types of ink.