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Definitions

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

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"

Synonyms

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casenominativeprepositional

Example

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"Cessation dependent on a sublative act of the mind"

Etymology

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

Related phrases

sublative casefinno ugrictake away

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