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Definition of Ablative

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

2. Adjective. Relating to the ablative case.

3. Adjective. Tending to ablate; i.e. to be removed or vaporized at very high temperature. "Ablative material on a rocket cone"

Definition of Ablative

1. a. Taking away or removing.

Definition of Ablative

1. a grammatical case [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ablative

1. 1. Taking away or removing. "Where the heart is forestalled with misopinion, ablative directions are found needful to unteach error, ere we can learn truth." (Bp. Hall) 2. 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. See: ablation. Origin: F. Ablatif, ablative, L. Ablativus fr. Ablatus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ablative

ablactation ablaqueate ablaqueation ablastemic ablastin ablate ablate ablated ablates ablating

ablation ablation ablations ablatio placentae ablative (current term) ablative (current term) ablatively ablatives ablative absolute ablative case

ablator ablators ablaut ablauts ablaze ablaze(p) able able-bodied able-bodied able-bodiedism

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