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to sublate

to sublate

9.9
To officially take away a law or custom
  • verb
  • /səˈbleɪt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : abrogar
  • In the old charter, the king could sublate any law he deemed unnecessary.

Examples

  • The law will sublate the previous regulations.

  • The committee sublated the outdated policies.

  • The reformers hoped to sublate outdated customs that no longer served the community.

  • Historians noted the council's decision to sublate the ancient regulations.

  • The reformers hoped to sublate outdated customs that no longer served the community.

  • In the old charter, the king could sublate any law he deemed unnecessary.

  • Historians noted the council's decision to sublate the ancient regulations.

Synonyms

to repeal
vsto sublate
  • Formal
143 4.3

To cancel a law or rule so it no longer applies

refers to formal removal more broadly, not only laws or rules
to abolish
vsto sublate
112 4.1

To officially end a law, system, or practice

is similar but signals formal legal removal, often in older usage
to revoke
vsto sublate
  • Formal
96 6.2

Officially stop something from being valid, for example a license

focuses on canceling validity rather than fully ending or removing
to abrogate
vsto sublate
  • Formal
10 8.8

To officially cancel a law, agreement, or right

is an older legal term meaning formal removal or ending
to deconsecrate
vsto sublate
  • Formal
1 9.9

Officially say that a place such as a church or altar is no longer holy

is about formal removal in legal contexts rather than religious rites
to desacralize
vsto sublate
  • Formal
1 9.9

Remove religious use from a place or object so people can use it for ordinary things

is focused on formal abolition in legal settings, not transfer of use

Surface Forms

sublate infinitive
sublated past
sublated past participle
sublating present participle
sublates third person singular

Etymology

Sublate comes from Latin parts sub- ('up' or 'away') and latus ('carried' or 'lifted'), the same lat root in elated ('lifted up'). Because it originally meant 'lift away', sublate was also used to mean to take away or remove something, such as a law or custom.