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Ablative - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Ablative : adj
1: relating to the ablative case
2: tending to ablate; i.e. to be removed or vaporized at very
high temperature; "ablative material on a rocket cone"
(noun)
1: the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the
instrument or manner or place of the action described by
the verb [syn: ablative case]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Ablative : \Ab"la*tive\, a. [F. ablatif, ablative, L. ablativus
fr. ablatus. See Ablation.]
1. Taking away or removing. [Obs.]
Where the heart is forestalled with misopinion,
ablative directions are found needful to unteach
error, ere we can learn truth. --Bp. Hall.
2. (Gram.) 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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Ablative : \Ab"la*tive\, (Gram.)
The ablative case.
ablative absolute, a construction in Latin, in which a noun
in the ablative case has a participle (either expressed or
implied), agreeing with it in gender, number, and case,
both words forming a clause by themselves and being
unconnected, grammatically, with the rest of the sentence;
as, Tarquinio regnante, Pythagoras venit, i. e.,
Tarquinius reigning, Pythagoras came.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Ablative |
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GynoGab: Discussing how our Lux1540™ Fractional non-Ablative laser has received the first clearance by the US FDA. Patients are calling to schedule. |
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inventrix: Genitive; is, um. Ablative; e, ibus. Accusative; em, es. Dative; i, ibus. I feel like I'm missing one... don't think I am. |
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jesus_john: @thebeernut - as if fathoming Ablative absolutes weren't punishment enough... |
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