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Webster 1913 Edition

Abort

A-bort′

(ȧ-bôrt′)
,
Verb.
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.

A-bort′

,
Noun.
[L.
abortus
, fr.
aboriri
.]
1.
An untimely birth.
[Obs.]
Sir H. Wotton.
2.
An aborted offspring.
[Obs.]
Holland.

Webster 1828 Edition

Abort

ABORT'

,
Verb.
I.
[L. aborto; ab and ortus, orior.]
To miscarry in birth. [Not in use.]

ABORT'

,
Noun.
an abortion. [Not in use.]

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