Ablative Word Meaning

late Middle English: from Old French ablative (feminine of ablatif), Latin ablativus, from ablat- ‘taken away’ (see ablation)

denoting a case (especially in Latin) of nouns and pronouns and words in grammatical agreement with them indicating an agent, instrument, or source, expressed by ‘by’, ‘with’, or ‘from’ in English.

relating to grammatical case

(of surgical treatment) involving ablation

relating to surgery

• all nine patients were treated by ablative surgery

relating to or subject to ablation through melting or evaporation

relating to erosion

• the spacecraft's ablative heat shield

a word in the ablative case.

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