Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Abort"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Abort \A*bort"\, n. [L. abortus, fr. aboriri.]
1. An untimely birth. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.
2. An aborted offspring. [Obs.] --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Abort \A*bort"\ ([.a]*b[^o]rt"), 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
abort
v 1: terminate before completion, as of a computer process, a
mission, etc.
2: terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
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