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ab initio

[ ahb i-nit-ee-oh; English ab i-nish-ee-oh ]

adverb

, Latin.
  1. from the beginning.


ab initio

/ æb ɪˈnɪʃɪˌəʊ /

(no translation)

  1. from the start; from scratch

    ab initio courses

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

It met with the disapprobation ab initio of all men competent to form an opinion on Indian affairs.

It is vitiated 'ab initio', and would, if successful, free you for the completion of this immoral project.

If so, then the Possible and the Ideal are convertible terms; having their existence, ab initio, in the nature of the mind.

When such is the case, the claim is of course void ab initio, and does not defeat the right of the railroad.

The nullity of an oath ab initio, is quando realiter vel reputative non juravimus; when really or reputatively we did not swear.

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