ablate

See also: ablaté

English

Etymology

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#ABLATE ablat (“taken away”), from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ABLATE ablātus, past participle of auferō (“to remove”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). First attested in the 1500s, it became obsolete by the early 1600s.[1] Returned into use as a back-formation from ablationCategory:English back-formations#ABLATE.

Pronunciation

Verb

ablate (third-person singular simple present ablates, present participle ablating, simple past and past participle ablated)Category:English lemmas#ABLATECategory:English verbs#ABLATECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ABLATECategory:Pages with entries#ABLATECategory:Pages with 3 entries#ABLATE

  1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#ABLATE) To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization. [Late 15th century.][2]
  2. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#ABLATE) To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature. [Mid 20th century.][2]

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN), page 3
  2. 1 2 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “ablate”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 5.

Anagrams

Category:English terms suffixed with -ate (verb)#ABLATE

French

Verb

ablateCategory:French non-lemma forms#ABLATECategory:French verb forms#ABLATECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#ABLATECategory:Pages with entries#ABLATECategory:Pages with 3 entries#ABLATE

  1. inflection of ablater:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

ablāteCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#ABLATECategory:Latin participle forms#ABLATECategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#ABLATECategory:Pages with entries#ABLATECategory:Pages with 3 entries#ABLATE

  1. vocative masculine singular of ablātus
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