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English
Etymology
From Middle English ablat (“taken away”), from Latin ablātus, past participle of auferō (“to remove”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). First attested in the 1500s, it became obsolete by the early 1600s.[1] Returned into use as a back-formation from ablation.
Pronunciation
Verb
ablate (third-person singular simple present ablates, present participle ablating, simple past and past participle ablated)
- (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. [2]
Derived terms
References
- ^ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 , →ISBN), page 3
- ↑ 2.0 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
- inflection of ablater:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
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Latin
Participle
ablāte
- vocative masculine singular of ablātus