sublate

[ suhb-leyt ]

verb (used with object)

, sub·lat·ed, sub·lat·ing.

1. to deny or contradict; negate.

Other Words From

• sub·lation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sublate¹

First recorded in 1850–55; from Latin sublat(us), past participle of tollere “to lift, raise up, remove”