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Ablative

noun
1.
The case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb.  Synonym: ablative case.



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"Ablative" Quotes from Famous Books



... spirits! This put into its place, an ancient scholar read the inscription, which was in Latin; not in English; that would never do. It gave great satisfaction; especially every time there was a good long substantive in the third declension, ablative case, with an adjective to match; at which periods the assembly became very tender, ...
— Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit • Charles Dickens


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