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SUBLATE
Etymology
Verb
sublate (third-person singular simple present sublates, present participle sublating, simple past and past participle sublated)
(transitive, logic) To negate, deny or contradict.
(transitive) To take or carry away; to remove.
Anagrams
• ablutes, abustle, batules, tabsule
Source: Wiktionary
Sub"late, v. t. Etym: [From sublatus, used as p.p. of tollere to take away. See Tolerate.]
Definition: To take or carry away; to remove. [R.] E. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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