v. Obs. rare. [f. It. sollevare (= Sp. and Pg. solevar, F. soulever):—L. sublevāre SUBLEVATE v.] trans. To raise in tumult.
a. 1734. North, Examen, I. ii. § 162 (1740), 114. Encouragement from the Magistrates … to sollevate the Rabble. Ibid., II. iv. § 85. 273. Fitzharris’s [plot] was framed … to blast the King, arm the Faction, sollevate the Mob.
