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1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Ab- \Ab-\ ([a^]b). [Latin prep., etymologically the same as E.
      of, off. See Of.]
      A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies from,
      away, separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract,
      abscond. See A-(6).
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2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Ab \Ab\ ([a^]b), n. [Of Syriac origin.]
      The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the
      ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil
      computation, coinciding nearly with August. --W. Smith.
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