Obs. [ad. It. sollevazione (= Sp. solevacion), f. sollevare: see prec.] Insurrection.
1646. J. Howell, Lustra Ludov., 105. Some of the chiefest instruments of this sollevation were cut off by the sword of Justice. Ibid., 127. So this dangerous sollevation was quash’d by a high hand of Royall power.
1687. Rycaut, Hist. Turks, II. 88. The bright Beams of Justice and Government having dissipated the Storms and Fury of popular Sollevations.
