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| ab·la·tive [ ábblətiv ] (plural ab·la·tives) |
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1. grammatical form: a grammatical form case that identifies the source, agent, or instrument of action of the verb in some inflected languages and affects nouns, pronouns, and adjectives
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2. instance of ablative: a word or phrase in the ablative
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| [15th century. Directly or via French ablatif< Latin ablativus< ablat-, past participle of auferre "carry away"] |
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  ab·la·tive adjective |
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