Part 37

<hw>A*borse"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Abortment; abortion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Aborsive</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>A*bor"sive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Abortive.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Abort</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>A*bort"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abortare</ets>, fr. <ets>abortus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>aboriri</ets>; <ets>ab + oriri</ets> to rise, to be born. See <er>Orient</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.</def>

<h1>Abort</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>A*bort"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abortus</ets>, fr. <ets>aboriri</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An untimely birth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir H. Wotton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An aborted offspring.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Aborted</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>A*bort"ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Brought forth prematurely.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early stage; <as>as, spines are <ex>aborted</ex> branches</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The eyes of the cirripeds are more or less <b>aborted</b> in their mature state. <i>Owen.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Aborticide</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>A*bor"ti*cide</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abortus + caedere</ets> to kill. See <er>Abort</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.</def>

<h1>Abortifacient</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>A*bor`ti*fa"cient</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abortus</ets> (see <er>Abort</er>, <ets>v</ets>.) + <ets>faciens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>facere</ets> to make.]</ety> <def>Producing miscarriage.</def> -- <tt>n.</tt> <def>A drug or an agent that causes premature delivery.</def>

<h1>Abortion</h1> <Xpage=5>

<hw>A*bor"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>abortio</ets>, fr. <ets>aboriri</ets>. See <er>Abort</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage.</def>

<note>&hand; It is sometimes used for the offense of procuring a premature delivery, but strictly the early delivery is the <i>abortion</i>, "causing or procuring <i>abortion</i>" is the full name of the offense.</note>

<i>Abbott.</i>

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<p><b>2.</b> <def>The immature product of an untimely birth.</def>