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Brought forth prematurely.

The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.

A drug or an agent that causes premature delivery.

ct of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage.

Pertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive. Carlyle.

One who procures abortion or miscarriage.

Produced by abortion; born prematurely; as, an abortive child. [R.]

In an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly.

The quality of being abortive.

Abortion. [Obs.]

One who repeals by authority.

Serving to absolve; absolving. "An absolutory sentence." Ayliffe.

Conferring absolution; absolutory.

cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include. "Dark oblivion soon absorbs them all." Cowper. The large cities absorb the wealth and fashion. W. Irving.

The state or quality of being absorbable. Graham (Chemistry).

Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up. Kerr.

In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged.

Absorptiveness.

Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive. Absorbent ground (Paint.), a ground prepared for a picture, chiefly with distemper, or water colors, by which the oil is absorbed, and a brilliancy is imparted to the colors.

One who, or that which, absorbs.