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Definition of ab:
Synonyms:
barium, BA, abdominal, type AB, Av, atomic number 56, abdominal muscle, group AB, Artium Baccalaurens, Bachelor of Arts.
Usage examples:
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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.