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Sublative

//səˈbleɪtɪv// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to the sublative case.
  2. 2
    Having power, or tending, to take away.

    "Cessation dependent on a sublative act of the mind"

Noun
  1. 1
    A case of nouns in Finno-Ugric languages used to express the destination of movement, originally onto the surface of something (e.g. climb onto a tree), and, by extension, in other figurative meanings as well (e.g. to university, or about (a subject)). uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from New Latin sublātīvus, from tollere (“to lift up, to elevate; to abolish”) + -īvus.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from New Latin sublātīvus, from tollere (“to lift up, to elevate; to abolish”) + -īvus.

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