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To wean. [R.] Bailey.

The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young beasts from their dam. Blount.

To lay bare, as the roots of a tree. [Obs.] Bailey.

The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Non-germinal.

A carrying or taking away; removal. Jer. Taylor.

Diminishing; as, an ablatitious force. Sir J. Herschel.

Taking away or removing. [Obs.] Where the heart is forestalled with misopinion, ablative directions are found needful to unteach error, ere we can learn truth. Bp. Hall.

The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get, gat, got; sing, song; hang, hung. Earle.

On fire; in a blaze, gleaming. Milman. All ablaze with crimson and gold. Longfellow.

Fit; adapted; suitable. [Obs.] A many man, to ben an abbot able. Chaucer.

Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust. "Able-bodied vagrant." Froude. -- A`ble-bod"ied*ness, n..

Having much intellectual power. -- A`ble-mind"ed*ness, n.

An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to be amended; blamable, fit to be blamed; salable.

To send abroad. [Obs.] Bailey.

The act of sending abroad. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Ability of body or mind; force; vigor. [Obs. or R.]

Blindness. [R.] Urquhart.

comp. of Able. -- A"blest, a.,

A small fresh-water fish (Leuciscus alburnus); the bleak.