sublate

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verb

sub·​late ˌsə-ˈblāt 

sublated; sublating

transitive verb

1

: negate, deny

2

: to negate or eliminate (something, such as an element in a dialectic process) but preserve as a partial element in a synthesis

sublation

ˌsə-ˈblā-shən 

noun

sublation

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noun

sub·​la·​tion ˌsəˈblāshən 

plural -s

1

: the act of taking or carrying away : removal

2

: the act or process of sublating

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Latin sublatus (past participle of tollere to take away, lift up), from sub- up + latus, past participle of ferre to carry — more at sub-, tolerate, bear

Noun

Late Latin sublation-, sublatio, from Latin, act of lifting up, from sublatus (suppletive past participle of tollere to lift up, take away) + -ion-, -io -ion

First Known Use

Verb

1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1