To cause to fail or miscarry.
To fail; perish; come to nought.
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Brought forth in an imperfect condition; imperfectly formed or inadequately developed, as an animal or vegetable production; rudimentary.
Suppressed; kept imperfect; remaining rudimentary, or not advancing to perfection in form or function: a frequent use of the term in zoölogy. Compare vestigial.
Hence Not brought to completion or to a successful issue; failing; miscarrying; coming to nought: as, an abortive scheme.
In botany, defective; barren. A. Gray.
Producing nothing; chaotic; ineffectual.
In medicine, producing or intended to produce abortion; abortifacient: as, abortive drugs.
Deformed; monstrous.
noun.
That which is produced prematurely; an abortion; a monstrous birth.
noun.
A drug causing abortion; an abortifacient.