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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

sublate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /sʌbˈleɪt/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /səˈbleɪt/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Latin sublatum, past participle of suffero.

Meanings

  1. Such 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:

sublate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /sʌbˈleɪt/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /səˈbleɪt/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Latin sublatum, past participle of suffero.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To negate, deny or contradict.
  2. (transitive) To 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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
sublates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
sublated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sublated Tense=Past lexicographic
sublating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

sublation · suffer · suffering