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- noun grammar A
case used in some languages to indicate movement away from something,removal ,separation ,source . It corresponds roughly to the Englishprepositions "off", "from", "away from", and "concerning".
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- noun the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb
Etymologies
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From French ablatif, from Latin ablativus, from ablatus ("carried away"), past participle of auferre ("to carry away", "to remove"). See ablation.
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