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Definition of ab:

The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August.

Synonyms:

barium, BA, abdominal, type AB, Av, atomic number 56, abdominal muscle, group AB, Artium Baccalaurens, Bachelor of Arts.

Usage examples:

There is nothing of coelo ab alto in the Version; nor of by Night, brown Air, or precipitates his Flight in the Original.

- "The Preface to the Aeneis of Virgil (1718)", Joseph Trapp.
" Until that time," he added presently, without looking up, " I must ask you not to refer to the subject again- and to keep my confidence meanwhile- ab- so- lute- ly."

- "Four Weird Tales", Algernon Blackwood.
Where the Syllogism comes in as a useful form is when certain propositions are delivered to you ab extra as containing a certain conclusion; and the connexion is not apparent.

- "Logic, Inductive and Deductive", William Minto.