ab extra
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First attested in the mid 17th century. Learned borrowing from Latin ab extra (literally “from outside”) From Late Latin ab (“from”) extra (“outside”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
- (law) From outside. [Mid 17th century.][1]
- Sometimes I wonder if this country is being controlled ab extra.
Antonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “ab extra” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-19-860457-0, page 4.
- 1999, Ed. Jennifer Speake, The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0425169952
- “ab extra” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–.
