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‖ ab origine, advb. phr.|æb ɒˈrɪdʒɪnɪ|
[Lat. phr., f. ab from + origine abl. sing. of orīgo origin, source: cf. aborigines.]
From the beginning; from the conception (of an idea, etc.).
1537Latimer Let. 6 Sept. in Rem. (1845) II. 382 As I can affirm unto you with certain and sure arguments, as you shall hereafter know all together ab origine. a1706Evelyn Diary an. 1700 (1955) III. 449 We found the maine building to receede outward: 'It was Mr. Chichleys & Prats opinion that it had been so built ab origine for an effect in Perspective, in reguard of the height. a1734R. North Examen (1740) i. ii. 117 [sc. 125] A proper Mover or Informer of the Matter ab origine. 1847–9R. B. Todd Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 102/1 It would appear probable, then,..that chemical change is in some measure worked out by (and, inferentially, that chemical differences exist ab origine in) blastemata themselves. |