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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	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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	AB
    n 1: a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences [syn: Bachelor of
         Arts, BA, Artium Baccalaurens, AB]
    2: the eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the
       ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and
       August) [syn: Ab, Av]
    3: the muscles of the abdomen [syn: abdominal, abdominal
       muscle, ab]
    4: the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B
       antigens [syn: AB, type AB, group AB]