sublate

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/sʌbˈleɪt//səˈbleɪt/

verb

To negate, deny or contradict.

OriginLatin sublatum →
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Meanings

verbsublate (third-person singular simple present sublates, present participle sublating, simple past and past participle sublated)

present singular third person sublates · participle present sublating · participle past sublated · past sublated

  1. transitivehuman sciencesTo negate, deny or contradict.
  2. transitiveTo take or carry away; to remove.

    The aucthores of ye mischiefe [were] sublated and plucked awaye.

    a. 1548 (date written), Edward Hall, Richard Grafton, “(please specify the part of the work)”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, […], London: […] Richardi Graftoni […], published 1548, →OCLC
adjective
  1. biologySuch that the ovary has a support, real or apparent.

    Ovary 2-celled; style short, thick, sublate; stigma large, peltate.

    1961, Gazetteer of Bombay State: Miscellaneous plants, page 219

Origin

  1. Latinsublatum
  2. Englishsublate

From Latin sublatum, past participle of suffero.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with sublate

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Anagrams

abustlebalteustabsule
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APA

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Chicago

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