(transitive, obsolete) To cause an abortion; to render without fruit.

(medicine) The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus; either naturally as a spontaneous abortion (now usually called a miscarriage), or deliberately as an induced abortion.

present participle of abort

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abort

plural of abort

plural of abortion

plural of abortive

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abortive

plural of abortment

plural of abortiveness