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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ablative /ˈablətɪv/

▶adjective

1 Grammar denoting a case indicating an agent, instrument, or source, expressed by ‘by’, ‘with’, or ‘from’ in English.

2 involving ablation.

▶noun Grammar a word in the ablative case.

– origin ME: from OFr. ablative (fem. of ablatif), L. ablativus, from ablat-, auferre (see ablation).

'ablative' also found in these Oxford entries:

ablative absolute - bona fide - folio - in extremis - locomotion - locomotive - -mo - modulo - No. - pace - qua - quarto - quibble - re - rebus - sacrosanct - save - sextodecimo - specie - supine - temp. - via - vice

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