abort

[A*bort·]

To abort something is to end it. When something is aborted, it's finished.

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To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.

Verb
terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion

Verb
terminate before completion; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer"


v. i.
To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.

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

n.
An untimely birth.

n.
An aborted offspring.


Abort

A*bort" , v. i. [L. abortare, fr. abortus, p. p. of aboriri; ab + oriri to rise, to be born. See Orient.] 1. To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely. 2. (Biol.) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.

Abort

A*bort", n. [L. abortus, fr. aboriri.] 1. An untimely birth. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton. 2. An aborted offspring. [Obs.] Holland.

To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.

An untimely birth.

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