ablate
Signification (Anglais)
- (transitive) To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
- (intransitive) To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature.
Concepts
Synonymes
extirpate
Traductions
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/əˈbleɪt/
Étymologie (Anglais)
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.
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