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ABLATIVE (See also:Lat. ablativus, sc. cases, from ablatum, taken away) , in See also:grammar, a See also:case of the noun, the fundamental sense of which is direction from; in Latin, the See also:principal See also:language in which the case exists, this has been extended, with or without a preposition, to the See also:instrument or See also:agent of an See also:act, and the See also:place or See also:time at, and manner in, which a thing is done. The case is also found in See also:Sanskrit, Zend, Oscan and Umbrian, and traces remain in other See also:languages. The "Ablative See also:Absolute," a grammatical construction in Latin, consists of a noun in the ablative case, with a participle, attribute or qualifying word agreeing with it, not depending on any other See also:part of the See also:sentence, to See also:express the time, occasion or circumstance of a fact.

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