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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

sublevare

to lift up;

sub

under +

levare

to lift, raise: cf. L.

sublevatio

an allevation.]

The act of raising on high; elevation.

Sir T. More.

An uprising; an insurrection.

[R.]

Sir W. Temple.

Noun.

[L.] The act of raising on high.

sublevation ‎(plural sublevations)

The act of raising on high; elevation.
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An uprising; insurrection.
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