ablate
See also: ablaté
English
Etymology
Derived from Middle English ablat (“taken away”), from Latin ablatum, past participle of auferre (“to remove”); ab- (“away”) + ferre (“to carry”). First attested in the 1500s, it became obsolete by the early 1600s.[1] Returned into use as a back-formation from ablation.
Pronunciation
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Verb
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- (transitive) To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization. [Late 15th century.][2]
- (intransitive) To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature. [Mid 20th century.][2]
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References
- ^ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN), page 3
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “ablate”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 5.
Anagrams
French
Verb
ablate
- first-person singular present indicative of ablater
- third-person singular present indicative of ablater
- first-person singular present subjunctive of ablater
- third-person singular present subjunctive of ablater
- second-person singular imperative of ablater
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
(deprecated template usage) ablāte