sublate

American  

[suhb-leyt] / ˈsʌbˌleɪt /

verb (used with object)

sublated, sublating

1. to deny or contradict; negate.

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Other Word Forms

• sublation noun

Etymology

Origin of sublate

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

Example Sentences

Hence also the sloka last referred to does not sublate the reality of the world.

From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by Thibaut, George

Nor is there any valid line of reasoning to sublate that perception.

From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by Thibaut, George