ab : Idioms & Phrases

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ab er-de-vine

Ab` er-de-vine" noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to the goldfinch.
Webster 1913

ab initio

  • adverb at the beginning
    initially.
    • at first he didn't notice anything strange
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ab-

Ab-
Etymology
Latin prep., etymologically the same as E. of, off. See Of.
Definitions
  1. A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies from, away , separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract, abscond. See A-(6).
Webster 1913

fast of ab

  • noun (Judaism) a major fast day on the Jewish calendar commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem
    Tishah b'Ab; Fast of Av; Tisha b'Av; Tishah b'Av; Fast of Ab; Tisha b'Ab; Ninth of Av.
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group ab

  • noun the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens
    AB; group AB.
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ninth of ab

  • noun (Judaism) a major fast day on the Jewish calendar commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem
    Tishah b'Ab; Fast of Av; Tisha b'Av; Tishah b'Av; Fast of Ab; Tisha b'Ab; Ninth of Av.
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type ab

  • noun the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens
    AB; group AB.
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