[sub.late] vt sub.lat.ed ; sub.lat.ing [L sublatus (pp. of tollere to take away, lift up), fr. sub- up + latus, pp. of ferre to carry--more at sub-, tolerate, bear] (1838) 1: negate, deny
2: to negate or eliminate (as an element in a dialectic process) but preserve as a partial element in a synthesis -- sub.la.tion n