ˌsəˈblāt transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Latin sublatus (suppletive past participle of tollere to take away, lift up), from sub- up + -latus carried, suppletive past participle of ferre to carry — more at sub- , tolerate , bear
1. obsolete : to take away : remove
2.
a.
(1) : negate , deny
(2) : cancel , eliminate
b. : to cancel but also preserve and elevate (an element in a dialectic process) as a partial element in a synthesis
evil is not evaded, but sublated in the higher religious cheer of these persons — William James