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sublating

sublating is the present participle and gerund of sublate.

Meaning of sublate

Verb

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

  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...

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Questions about sublating

What is sublating the present participle and gerund of?
Sublating is the present participle and gerund of sublate.

Words near sublating in the dictionary

  1. sublated
  2. sublateral
  3. sublaterals
  4. sublaterodorsal
  5. sublates
  6. sublating
  7. sublation
  8. sublations
  9. sublative
  10. sublative case
  11. sublative cases

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