ablative: Meaning and Definition of

ab•la•tive

1. (in some inflected languages) noting a case that has among its functions the indication of place from which or, as in Latin, place in which, manner, means, instrument, or agent.

1. the ablative case.
2. a word in that case, as Troiā in Latin Aenēas Troiā vēnit, “Aeneas came from Troy.”

ab•la•tive

1. capable of or susceptible to ablation; tending to ablate: the ablative nose cone of a rocket.