ab origine
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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To have been abroad was the next best thing to having been a foreigner ab origine.
From The End of the World A Love Story by Eggleston, Edward
Strabo supposes that the Campus Hyrcanus was so named from the Persians; as also Κυρου πεδιον, near it; but they seem to have been so denominated ab origine.
From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Bryant, Jacob
My constitution and my frame were ab origine blasted with a deep, incurable taint of hypochondria, which poisons my existence.'
From Robert Burns Famous Scots Series by Setoun, Gabriel
While I shall be necessitated to marshal individual opinions in review, I protest, ab origine, against the supposition that indiscriminate censure is intended, or that every friend of the Society cherishes similar views.
From Thoughts on African Colonization by Garrison, William Lloyd
O dea, si prima repetens ab origine pergam et vacet annales nostrorum audire laborum.
From A History of Nursery Rhymes by Green, Percy B.
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