"ablate" meaning in English

See ablate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /əˈbleɪt/ [US] Forms: ablates [present, singular, third-person], ablating [participle, present], ablated [participle, past], ablated [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *tl̥h₂tós Latin latus Latin ablātusder. Middle English ablatder. Late Latin ablātiōder. Middle English albacioun English ablationbf. English ablate From Middle English ablat (“taken away”), from Latin ablātus, past participle of auferō (“to remove”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). First attested in the 1500s, it became obsolete by the early 1600s. Returned into use as a back-formation from ablation. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:der|enm:ablat<ety:der<la:ablātus>>|:bf|ablation|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *tl̥h₂tós Latin latus Latin ablātusder. Middle English ablatder. Late Latin ablātiōder. Middle English albacioun English ablationbf. English ablate [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "from, away from", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "away", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂ep", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-o", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂epó", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*ap", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "ab", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "ab-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "carried", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "lifted", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "bear", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*telh₂-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*tl̥h₂tós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "latus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "ablātus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "ablat", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword" : "derived" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "bf.", "keyword_label" : "Back-formation from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "ablātiō", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "albacioun", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "ablation", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "back-formation" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "ablate", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="ablate">, {{der|en|enm|ablat|t=taken away}} Middle English ablat (“taken away”), {{der|en|la|ablātus}} Latin ablātus, {{back-form|en|ablation|nocap=1}} back-formation from ablation Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-ablate-en-verb-v7s7RUB5
  2. (intransitive) To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-ablate-en-verb-QxyE28iP Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English back-formations: 29 71 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 31 69 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ablatable, ablator, abliterate, abliteration, electroablate Related terms: ablation, ablative

Inflected forms

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          "decrease",
          "decrease"
        ],
        [
          "cutting",
          "cutting"
        ],
        [
          "erosion",
          "erosion"
        ],
        [
          "melting",
          "melting"
        ],
        [
          "evaporation",
          "evaporation"
        ],
        [
          "vaporization",
          "vaporization"
        ],
        [
          "The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles",
          "w:Shorter Oxford English Dictionary"
        ],
        [
          "Oxford University Press",
          "w:Oxford University Press"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "attestations": [
        {
          "date": "Mid 20ᵗʰ century.",
          "references": []
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "undergo",
          "undergo"
        ],
        [
          "ablation",
          "ablation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈbleɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "1500s",
    "1600s"
  ],
  "word": "ablate"
}

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