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.^[1] Returned into use as a back-formation from ablation.

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈbleɪt/

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 15^th century.]^[2]
2. (intransitive) To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature. [Mid 20^th century.]^[2]

• ablation
• ablative

• Labate, tabela, tablea

ablate

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

• établa

ablāte

1. vocative masculine singular of ablātus