"ablate" meaning in English

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ablatable"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ablator"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "ablat",
        "t": "taken away"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English ablat (“taken away”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ablātus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin ablātus",
      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "ablation",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "back-formation from ablation",
      "name": "back-form"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ablates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ablating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ablated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ablated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ablation"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ablative"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
        ],
        [
          "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"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "name": "English back-formations",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "27 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ate (verb)",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature."
      ],
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      "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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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms suffixed with -ate (verb)",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ablatable"
    },
    {
      "word": "ablator"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "ablat",
        "t": "taken away"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English ablat (“taken away”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ablātus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin ablātus",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      },
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ablates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ablating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ablated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ablated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ablation"
    },
    {
      "word": "ablative"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
        ],
        [
          "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
}