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Definitions for ablative case

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ablative, ablative case(noun)

    the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb

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  1. ablative case(Noun)

    : case used in some languages to indicate movement away from something, removal, separation, source. It corresponds roughly to the English prepositions "from", "away from", and "concerning".

    2. Origin: From ablatif, from ablativus, from ablatus, past participle of auferre. See ablation.

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