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<b>Ablative</b>

 [ab-luh-tiv]   Origin

ab·la·tive

1   [ab-luh-tiv] Grammar
adjective
1.
(in some inflected languages) noting a case that has among its functions the indication of place from which or, as in Latin, place in which, manner, means, instrument, or agent.
noun
2.
the ablative case.
3.
a word in that case, as Troiā in Latin Aenēas Troiā vēnit, “Aeneas came from Troy.”

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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin ablātīvus. See ablate, -ive

Related forms
ab·la·ti·val  [ab-luh-tahy-vuhl] , adjective
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ab·la·tive

2   [a-bley-tiv]
adjective
capable of or susceptible to ablation; tending to ablate: the ablative nose cone of a rocket.
Origin:
1560–70; ablate + -ive

Related forms
ab·la·tive·ly, adverb
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ablative (ˈæblətɪv)
 
—adj
1.  (in certain inflected languages such as Latin) denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument, manner, or place of the action described by the verb
 
—n
2.  a.  the ablative case
 b.  a word or speech element in the ablative case
3.  taking away or removing: ablative surgery
4.  able to disintegrate or be worn away at a very high temperature: a thick layer of ablative material

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ablative
mid-15c., from M.Fr. ablatif, from L. (casus) ablativus "(case) of removal," expressing direction from a place or time, coined by Julius Caesar from ablatus "taken away," pp. of auferre "carrying away," from ab- "away" + irregular verb ferre (pp. latum; see oblate) "to carry, to bear" (see infer).
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