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ab initio

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ab in·i·ti·o  (b -nsh-)
adv.
From the beginning.
[Latin ab initi : ab, from + initi, ablative of initium, beginning.]
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Adv.1.ab initio - at the beginning; "at first he didn't notice anything strange"
initially
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