ab origine
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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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
It is owing to reasons like these that the ornamental grounds of an American country-house have usually to be commenced ab origine, and that natural causes so little aid in finishing them.
From The Redskins; or, Indian and Injin, Volume 1. Being the Conclusion of the Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore
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
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
It is owing to reasons like these that the ornamental grounds of an American country-house have usually to be commenced ab origine, and that natural causes so little aid in furnishing them.
From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore
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