Ablative

['æblətɪv]

Definition

(noun.) the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb.

(adj.) tending to ablate; i.e. to be removed or vaporized at very high temperature; 'ablative material on a rocket cone' .

(adj.) relating to the ablative case .

Editor: Ramon--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Taking away or removing.

(a.) 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.

(-) The ablative case.

Checked by Gwen

Definition

adj. used as a noun. The name applied to one of the cases in the declension of nouns and pronouns in the Indo-European languages retained as in Latin and Sanskrit or merged in another case as in the genitive in Greek. Its meaning was to express direction from or time when.—adj. Ablatī′val.

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