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From Latin abortus, perfect active participle of aborior (“‘miscarry’”), formed from ab + orior (“‘come into being’”).
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Abort ({{{1}}})
- (obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.2.4.vi:
- In Japonia 'tis a common thing to stifle their children if they be poor, or to make an abort, which Aristotle commends.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.2.4.vi:
- (now rare) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.
- (computing) The function used to abort a process.
- (computing) An event involving the abort of a process.
- We've had three aborts over the last two days.
- Template:Military An early termination of a mission.
- We've had aborts on three of our last seven launches.
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to Abort (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)
- (intransitive) To miscarry; to bring forth something prematurely.
- (transitive) To cause a premature termination whether of a foetus or more generally of anything that has been begun.
- (intransitive, biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.
- (transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.
- Template:Military To terminate a mission for any reason other than enemy action. It may occur at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.
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- abend
- exception
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References[]
- Abort in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
Anagrams[]
- abort,
- boart
- tabor
Crimean Tatar[]
Etymology[]
Latin abortus.
Noun[]
abort
Declension[]
nominative | Abort |
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genitive | Abortnıñ |
dative | Abortqa |
accusative | Abortnı |
locative | Abortta |
ablative | Aborttan |
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- Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]
Danish[]
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Abort c. (singular definite Aborten, plural indefinite Aborter)
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common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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nominative, dative and accusative | Abort | Aborten | Aborter | Aborterne |
genitive | Aborts | Abortens | Aborters | Aborternes |
Norwegian[]
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Abort m.
- abortion (miscarriage)
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abort c.
Related terms[]
- göra abort
- få abort
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