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ablude

/əˈbluːd/

verb

To be unlike; to differ.

OriginLatin ablūdō →

Scrabble 9

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Meanings

verbablude (third-person singular simple present abludes, present participle abluding, simple past and past participle abluded)

present singular third person abludes · participle present abluding · participle past abluded · past abluded

archaicintransitiveTo be unlike; to differ.
Neither doth it much ablude from this, that our English divines at Dort call the decree of God, whereby he hath appointed in and by Christ to save those that repent, believe, and persevere, decretum annunciatum salutis omnibus, etc.
1619, Joseph Hall, Via media, The Way of Peace

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Origin

Latinablūdō“differ from”
Englishablude

From Latin ablūdō (“differ from”), from ab (“from”) + lūdō (“play; trick”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with ablude

include nude viewed mood exclude conclude crude rude Jude accrued preclude brood glued queued subdued skewed fod feud chewed shrewd lewd Bude rood intrude

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APA

ablude. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ablude

MLA

“ablude.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ablude. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ablude,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ablude.

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