Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb From without.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun From without: opposed to ab intra (which see).

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin ab extrā : ab, from + extrā, outside.]

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First attested in the mid 17th century. Borrowing from Latin ab extra (literally "from outside") From Late Latin ab ("from") extra ("outside").

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