ablate

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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. Returned into use as a back-formation from ablation.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbleɪt/
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Verb

ablate (third-person singular simple present ablates, present participle ablating, simple past and past participle ablated)

  1. (transitive) To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
  2. (intransitive) To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature.

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References

  1. ^ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 , →ISBN), page 3
  2. 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.

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French

Verb

ablate

  1. inflection of ablater:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Latin

Participle

ablāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of ablātus