ABORT

ABORT', verb intransitive [Latin aborto; ab and ortus, orior.]To miscarry in birth. [Not in use.]ABORT', noun an abortion. [Not in use.]

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