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Sublevation

Sub`le*va"tion\, n. [L. sublevare to lift up; sub under + levare to lift, raise: cf. L. sublevatio an allevation.]

1. The act of raising on high; elevation. --Sir T. More.

2. An uprising; an insurrection. [R.] --Sir W. Temple.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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