ablative
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
French ablatif, ablative, Latin ablativus from ablatus. See ablation.
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[edit] Adjective
ablative (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Taking away or removing.
- (Can we date this quote?) Joseph Hall
- Where the heart is forestalled with misopinion, ablative directions are found needful to unteach error, ere we can learn truth.
- (Can we date this quote?) Joseph Hall
- (grammar) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away.
- (engineering, nautical) Sacrificial, wearing away or being destroyed in order to protect the underlying, as in ablative paints used for antifouling.
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[edit] Translations
obsolete: taking away
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applied to one of the cases of the noun in other language
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[edit] Noun
ablative (plural ablatives)
- (grammar) The ablative case.
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(grammar) the ablative case
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- (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS,Simplified): a - b - l - a - t - v
- (Version: Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - l - a - dev
[edit] Italian
[edit] Adjective
ablative f.
- Feminine plural form of ablativo
[edit] Latin
[edit] Adjective
ablative
- vocative masculine singular of ablativus