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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.]

Definition 2024


Abort

Abort

See also: abort

German

Noun

Abort m (genitive Aborts or Abortes, plural Aborte)

  1. restroom, loo, toilet
  2. abortion, abort

Declension

abort

abort

See also: Abort

English

Noun

abort (plural aborts)

  1. (obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 17th century.]
  2. (now rare) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
  3. (military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
    We've had aborts on three of our last seven launches.
  4. (computing) The function used to abort a process.
  5. (computing) An event involving the abort of a process.
    We've had three aborts over the last two days.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin abortare, from abortus, from aboriri (miscarry), from ab- (not) + oriri (come into being, arise, appear).

Verb

abort (third-person singular simple present aborts, present participle aborting, simple past and past participle aborted)

  1. (intransitive, now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
    • 1785, Henry Morris, Surgical Diseases of the Kidney, page 458:
      Women have aborted, men have committed suicide, and both men and women have been thrown into convulsions during the fearful agony of renal colic.
    • 1983, M. D. Bennett, Chromosomes Today: Volume 8 Proceedings of the Eighth International Chromosome Conference, page 346:
      In the study group ll patients aborted spontaneously between the 17th and 20th gestational week and 8 patients aborted after the 21st week.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term. [Attested since at least the 19th century.]
  3. (transitive) To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
  4. (intransitive) To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
  5. (intransitive, biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
  6. (transitive, biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
  7. (intransitive, military) To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]
  8. (transitive, aeronautics) To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]
  9. (transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.
Derived terms
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Translations

References

  • abort in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
  • “abort” in "Systems and software engineeringvocabulary", ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765:2010(E), 15 December 2010, ISBN 978-0-7381-6205-8, DOI 10.1109/IEEESTD.2010.5733835

Anagrams


Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Latin abortus.

Noun

abort

  1. abort, abortion

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abʌɐ̯t/
  • Rhymes: -ʌɐ̯t

Noun

abort c (singular definite aborten, plural indefinite aborter)

  1. abortion
  2. miscarriage

Inflection


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin abortus

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑˈbɔɾt/, [ɑˈbɔʈː]
  • Rhymes: -ɔʈ

Noun

abort m (definite singular aborten, indefinite plural aborter, definite plural abortene)

  1. an abortion (deliberate termination of a pregnancy)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin abortus

Noun

abort m (definite singular aborten, indefinite plural abortar, definite plural abortane)

  1. an abortion (deliberate termination of a pregnancy)

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Portuguese

Noun

abort m (plural aborts)

  1. (computing) abort (function used to abort a process)

Synonyms


Swedish

Noun

abort c

  1. (obsolete) an abort, a miscarriage
  2. abort, abortion (about the process of aborting a pregnancy)

Declension

Inflection of abort 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative abort aborten aborter aborterna
Genitive aborts abortens aborters aborternas

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