Ab Extra Definition

ăb ĕkstrə

adverb

From without.

American Heritage

(law) From outside. [Mid 17^th century.]

Sometimes I wonder if this country is being controlled ab extra.

Wiktionary

Origin of Ab Extra

First attested in the mid 17th century. Borrowing from Latin ab extra (literally “from outside") From Late Latin ab (“from") extra (“outside").

From Wiktionary
Latin ab extrā ab from extrā outside

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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