ABORT

v. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.

2.
v.

To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.

3.
n.

An untimely birth. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

4.
n.

An aborted offspring. [Obs.] Holland.


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