sublevation

English

Etymology

From Latin sublevare (“to lift up”), from sub (“under”) + levare (“to lift, raise”). Compare Latin sublevatio (“an allevation”).

Noun

sublevation (countable and uncountable, plural sublevations)

1. The act of raising on high; elevation.

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2. An uprising; insurrection.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sublevation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)