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}]
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). [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]