sublate

verb

sub·​late ˌsə-ˈblāt 

sublated; sublating

transitive verb

1

: negate, deny

2

: to negate or eliminate (something, such as an element in a dialectic process) but preserve as a partial element in a synthesis

sublation

ˌsə-ˈblā-shən 

noun

Word History

Etymology

Latin sublatus (past participle of tollere to take away, lift up), from sub- up + latus, past participle of ferre to carry — more at sub-, tolerate, bear

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1