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1. (adj.) ablative
of or designating a grammatical case that is used to mark the starting point of an action and, in Latin, to indicate manner, instrument, or agent.
2. (n.) ablative
the ablative case.
3. ablative
a word or other form in this case, as Tusculō“from Tusculum,”honōre“with honor.”
4. (adj.) ablative
capable of or susceptible to ablation:
the ablative nose cone of a rocket.
Etymology: (1560–70)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) ablative, ablative case
the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb
2. (adj) ablative
relating to the ablative case
3. (adj) ablative
tending to ablate; i.e. to be removed or vaporized at very high temperature
"ablative material on a rocket cone"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) ablative
taking away or removing
2. (adj) ablative
applied to one of the cases of the noun in Latin and some other languages, -- the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away
3. ablative
the ablative case
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