ab extra
English
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Etymology
editFirst attested in the mid 17th century. Learned borrowing from Latin ab extra (literally “from outside”) From Late Latin ab (“from”) extra (“outside”).
Pronunciation
editAdverb
edit- (law) From outside. [from mid 17th c.][1]
- Sometimes I wonder if this country is being controlled ab extra.
Antonyms
editReferences
edit- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “ab extra”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.
- 1999, Ed. Jennifer Speake, The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
- “ab extra”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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