ablate

See also: ablaté

English

Etymology

Derived from Middle English ablat (“taken away”), from Latin ablatum, past participle of auferre (“to remove”); ab- (“away”) +‎ ferre (“to carry”). First attested in the 1500s, it became obsolete by the early 1600s.[1] Returned into use as a back-formation from ablation.

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbleɪt/
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Verb

ablate (third-person singular simple present ablates, present participle ablating, simple past and past participle ablated)

  1. (transitive) To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization. [Late 15th century.][2]
  2. (intransitive) 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. 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.

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French

Verb

ablate

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

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Latin

Participle

ablāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of ablātus
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